Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

In the Sky this Month

February 2000

dd hh dd hh
1 01 Moon at apogee 12 01 Mercury greatest brilliancy
2 15 Venus 1.6 S of Moon 12 23 FIRST QUARTER
4 14 Neptune 0.1 N of Moon Occn. 14 19 Mercury greatest elong. E(18)
5 13 NEW MOON                    Eclipse 17 01 Moon at perigee
5 14 Uranus 0.4 N of Moon Occn. 19 16 FULL MOON
6 07 Uranus in conj. with Sun 20 23 Mercury stationary
6 19 Mercury 1.7 N of Moon 22 05 Venus 0.5 S of Neptune
8 16 Mars 3.9 N of Moon 27 04 LAST QUARTER
11 02 Jupiter 4.5 N of Moon 28 21 Moon at apogee
12 00 Saturn 3.2 N of Moon

March 2000

dd hh dd hh
1 15 Mercury in inferior conjn. 15 00 Mercury 2.5 N of Venus
2 23 Neptune 0.3 N of Moon Occn. 15 01 Moon at perigee
4 00 Uranus 0.6 N of Moon Occn. 16 09 Pluto stationary
4 00 Venus 0.6 N of Moon Occn. 20 04 FULL MOON
4 00 Venus 0.1 S of Uranus 20 07 Equinox
5 09 Mercury 6.3 N of Moon 24 00 Mercury greatest brilliancy
6 05 NEW MOON 27 17 Moon at apogee
8 13 Mars 5.1 N of Moon 28 00 LAST QUARTER
9 17 Jupiter 4.5 N of Moon 28 23 Mercury greatest elong. W(27)
10 09 Saturn 3.2 N of Moon 30 09 Neptune 0.5 N of Moon Occn.
13 07 FIRST QUARTER 31 11 Uranus 0.8 N of Moon Occn.
14 03 Mercury stationary


LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2000

Site Location:- Long. +28.0 deg. Lat. -26.0 deg. Local Time:- UT +2.0 hrs.

Date

Sun

Mercury

Venus

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

.Rise Set..

.Rise Set..

.Rise Set..

.Rise Set..

.Rise Set..

.Rise Set..
Feb 10

05.50 18.54

07.07 19.47

03.29 17.04

08.41 20.50

10.58 22.23

11.51 23.04
Feb 20

05.57 18.46

07.11 19.28

03.46 17.12

08.35 20.32

10.26 21.49

11.14 22.27
Mar 01

06.03 18.38

06.10 18.29

04.03 17.17

08.29 20.15

09.55 21.15

10.38 21.50
Mar 11

06.08 18.28

04.52 17.29

04.21 17.19

08.23 19.57

09.24 20.41

10.03 21.13
Mar 21

06.13 18.17

04.16 17.01

04.37 17.19

08.17 19.40

08.55 20.09

09.28 20.37
Mar 31

06.18 18.06

04.14 16.52

04.53 17.16

08.11 19.23

08.25 19.36

08.54 20.01

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