Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

 June 2001

dd hh dd hh
4 09 Mercury stationary 17 23 Venus 1.7 N of Moon
4 10 Pluto at opposition 18 18 Mercury 3.7 S of Jupiter
6 02 FULL MOON 19 22 Saturn 0.0 N of Moon Occn.
6 19 Mars 3.9 S of Moon 21 00 Mercury 3.1 S of Moon
8 09 Venus greatest elong. W(46) 21 03 Jupiter 0.9 N of Moon Occn.
10 08 Neptune 3.0 N of Moon 21 07 Solstice
11 16 Uranus 3.3 N of Moon 21 12 NEW MOON       Solar Eclipse
11 17 Moon at apogee 21 23 Mars nearest to Earth
13 17 Mars at opposition 23 17 Moon at perigee
14 04 LAST QUARTER 28 03 FIRST QUARTER
14 13 Jupiter in conj. with Sun 28 04 Mercury stationary
16 14 Mercury in inferior conjn.

July 2001

dd hh dd hh
3 11 Mars 6.0 S of Moon 17 13 Saturn 0.7 N of Moon Occn.
4 22 Earth at Aphelion 17 18 Venus 0.3 S of Moon Occn.
5 16 FULL MOON                 Eclipse 19 00 Jupiter 0.2 N of Moon Occn.
7 14 Neptune 2.9 N of Moon 19 13 Mercury 0.9 S of Moon Occn.
8 22 Uranus 3.3 N of Moon 19 22 Mars stationary
9 08 Moon at apogee 20 20 NEW MOON
9 19 Mercury greatest elong. W(21) 21 22 Moon at perigee
12 15 Mercury 2.1 S of Jupiter 27 02 Mercury greatest brilliancy
13 08 Saturn 3.9 N of Aldebaran 27 10 FIRST QUARTER
13 20 LAST QUARTER 27 15 Mercury 6.1 S of Pollux
15 00 Venus 3.1 N of Aldebaran 30 11 Neptune at opposition
15 05 Venus 0.8 S of Saturn 30 14 Mars 6.3 S of Moon

 

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..
Jun 10

06.52 17.22

07.31 18.07

03.20 14.45

17.28 07.26

07.06 17.37

05.51 16.36
Jun 20

06.55 17.23

06.24 17.11

03.26 14.38

16.33 06.33

06.37 17.07

05.17 16.01
Jun 30

06.57 17.26

05.34 16.24

03.34 14.35

15.40 05.40

06.08 16.37

04.43 15.27
Jul 10

06.56 17.30

05.22 16.03

03.44 14.34

14.52 04.52

05.38 16.08

04.09 14.52
Jul 20

06.54 17.34

05.44 16.16

03.55 14.37

14.09 04.10

05.09 15.38

03.35 14.16
Jul 30

06.49 17.39

06.25 17.02

04.06 14.43

13.33 03.33

04.38 15.08

03.00 13.41

 

 

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