Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

In the Sky this Month

July 2000

dd hh dd hh
1 16 Mars in conj. with Sun 17 06 Mercury stationary
1 20 NEW MOON Eclipse 17 12 Neptune 1.1 N of Moon Occn.
1 20 Mars 2.3 N of Moon 18 16 Uranus 1.5 N of Moon
1 22 Moon at perigee 23 05 Mars 5.8 S of Pollux
2 05 Venus 1.8 N of Moon 24 12 LAST QUARTER
2 06 Mercury 3.2 S of Moon 26 10 Saturn 2.4 N of Moon
2 09 Mercury 4.9 S of Venus 26 20 Jupiter 3.3 N of Moon
4 17 Earth at Aphelion 27 10 Mercury greatest elong. W(20)
6 13 Mercury in inferior conjn. 27 22 Neptune at opposition
7 05 Mercury 5.7 S of Mars 29 18 Mercury 0.8 S of Moon Occn.
8 13 FIRST QUARTER 30 08 Moon at perigee
8 15 Venus 5.8 S of Pollux 30 12 Mars 0.8 N of Moon Occn.
15 17 Moon at apogee 31 03 NEW MOON Eclipse
16 14 FULL MOON Eclipse

August 2000

dd hh dd hh
1 02 Venus 1.1 S of Moon Occn. 22 01 Mercury in superior conjn.
3 19 Mercury 7.2 S of Pollux 22 02 Mercury 1.4 N of Regulus
6 07 Venus 1.1 N of Regulus 22 11 Pluto stationary
7 01 FIRST QUARTER 22 19 LAST QUARTER
9 17 Mercury greatest brilliancy 22 20 Saturn 2.1 N of Moon
10 13 Mercury 0.2 S of Mars 23 10 Jupiter 3.0 N of Moon
11 05 Uranus at opposition 27 14 Moon at perigee
12 02 Moon at apogee 28 03 Mars 0.0 S of Moon Occn.
13 17 Neptune 0.0 N of Moon Occn. 29 11 NEW MOON
14 20 Uranus 1.3 N of Moon 29 22 Mercury 2.7 S of Moon
15 05 FULL MOON 30 23 Venus 3.8 S of Moon

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..
Jul 09

06.56 17.30

06.28 17.20

07.29 18.03

06.50 17.18

03.36 14.21

3.15 14.09
Jul 19

06.54 17.34

05.40 16.28

07.36 18.21

06.37 17.09

03.05 13.49

2.39 13.33
Jul 29

06.50 17.39

05.31 16.11

07.39 18.38

06.23 17.00

02.34 13.16

2.04 12.56
Aug 08

06.43 17.44

05.55 16.36

07.39 18.55

06.08 16.50

02.02 12.43

1.27 12.19
Aug 18

06.35 17.48

06.27 17.28

07.36 19.11

05.51 16.41

01.29 12.08

0.50 11.42
Aug 28

06.26 17.53

06.48 18.18

07.32 19.27

05.33 16.31

00.54 11.33

0.12 11.04

 

Hits since October 2003: Hit Counter  

Neither ASSA nor the Johannesburg Centre is responsible for the content of any site to which this web presence might be linked. The opinions expressed by our contributors are not necessarily those of the Society. No responsibility is assumed for the accuracy of information presented on this site, nor for its use or the consequences thereof.

Comments & Suggestions? Mail to webmaster@assajhb.co.za