Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

In the Sky this Month

October 2000

dd hh dd hh
  5 11 FIRST QUARTER 19 22 Moon at perigee
  6 04 Mercury greatest elong. E(25) 20 08 LAST QUARTER
  6 08 Moon at apogee 21 05 Jupiter 4.6 N of Aldebaran
  7 06 Neptune 1.3 N of Moon 24 06 Mars 3.5 S of Moon
  8 08 Uranus 1.4 N of Moon 26 16 Uranus stationary
13 09 FULL MOON 26 22 Venus 3.3 N of Antares
14 19 Mercury greatest brilliancy 27 09 NEW MOON
15 06 Neptune stationary 27 15 Mercury 6.5 S of Moon
16 06 Saturn 1.7 N of Moon 29 22 Venus 12.2 S of Pluto
17 01 Jupiter 2.3 N of Moon 30 05 Mercury in inferior conjn.
18 15 Mercury stationary 30 09 Venus 4.5 S of Moon

  November 2000

dd hh dd hh
  3 04 Moon at apogee 15 13 Mercury greatest elong. W(18)
  3 14 Neptune 1.6 N of Moon 18 16 LAST QUARTER
  4 08 FIRST QUARTER 19 12 Saturn at opposition
  4 16 Uranus 1.8 N of Moon 21 18 Mars 4.2 S of Moon
  7 19 Mercury stationary 24 12 Mercury 3.0 S of Moon
11 22 FULL MOON 26 00 NEW MOON
12 11 Saturn 1.8 N of Moon 28 02 Jupiter at opposition
13 04 Jupiter 2.5 N of Moon 29 19 Venus 2.0 S of Moon
14 06 Mercury greatest brilliancy 30 22 Neptune 1.9 N of Moon
15 01 Moon at perigee

 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..
Oct 07

05.42 18.09

06.50 20.06

07.18 20.31

04.15 15.49

22.24 09.02

21.33 08.25
Oct 17

05.32 18.14

06.31 19.56

07.19 20.48

03.54 15.37

21.42 08.21

20.51 07.44
Oct 27

05.24 18.20

05.40 18.53

07.24 21.06

03.33 15.25

21.00 07.39

20.09 07.03
Nov 06

05.17 18.26

04.38 17.24

07.33 21.24

03.11 15.13

20.16 06.55

19.26 06.21
Nov 16

05.12 18.33

04.15 17.04

07.45 21.39

02.49 15.01

19.31 06.11

18.43 05.38
Nov 26

05.09 18.41

04.17 17.25

08.00 21.50

02.28 14.49

18.45 05.27

18.00 04.56

 

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