Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

Diary of Astronomical Phenomena:- 2001

April 2001

dd hh dd hh
1 10 FIRST QUARTER 17 19 Venus stationary
5 08 Moon at perigee 17 23 Uranus 2.9 N of Moon
6 22 Mercury 10.0 S of Venus 20 20 Venus 9.5 N of Moon
8 03 FULL MOON 23 08 Mercury in superior conjn.
13 02 Mars 1.4 S of Moon 23 12 Mercury 4.5 N of Moon
15 15 LAST QUARTER 23 15 NEW MOON
16 14 Jupiter 5.1 N of Aldebaran 25 15 Saturn 1.6 N of Moon
16 16 Neptune 2.6 N of Moon 26 13 Jupiter 2.1 N of Moon
17 06 Moon at apogee 30 17 FIRST QUARTER

 May 2001

dd hh dd hh
1 05 Mercury greatest brilliancy 15 10 LAST QUARTER
2 04 Moon at perigee 16 22 Mercury 2.8 N of Jupiter
4 20 Venus greatest brilliancy 19 09 Venus 4.5 N of Moon
7 14 FULL MOON 22 03 Mercury greatest elong. E(22)
7 18 Mercury 3.7 N of Saturn 23 03 NEW MOON
10 19 Mars 2.0 S of Moon 23 06 Saturn 1.3 N of Moon
10 21 Neptune stationary 24 07 Jupiter 1.5 N of Moon
11 13 Mars stationary 24 19 Mercury 3.1 N of Moon
12 13 Mercury 7.9 N of Aldebaran 25 13 Saturn in conj. with Sun
14 00 Neptune 3.0 N of Moon 27 04 Moon at perigee
15 01 Moon at apogee 29 20 Uranus stationary
15 08 Uranus 3.2 N of Moon 29 22 FIRST QUARTER

 

LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2001

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..
Apr 01

06.18 18.06

04.48 17.15

06.07 17.30

21.59 11.40

10.34 21.13

09.48 20.41
Apr 11

06.23 17.55

05.25 17.25

05.04 16.42

21.33 11.16

10.03 20.41

09.13 20.05
Apr 21

06.27 17.46

06.15 17.40

04.16 16.05

21.04 10.49

09.33 20.09

08.39 19.30
May 01

06.32 17.37

07.14 18.04

03.46 15.39

20.31 10.18

09.03 19.38

08.05 18.55
May 11

06.38 17.31

08.06 18.31

03.28 15.20

19.53 09.43

08.34 19.07

07.32 18.20
May 21

06.43 17.26

08.30 18.48

03.20 15.05

19.10 09.02

08.04 18.37

06.58 17.45
May 31

06.48 17.23

08.18 18.43

03.18 14.54

18.21 08.16

07.35 18.07

06.25 17.11

 

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