Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

August 2001

dd hh dd hh
  3 19 Neptune 2.8 N of Moon 15 20 Jupiter 0.4 S of Moon Occn.
  4 06 FULL MOON 16 13 Venus 1.9 S of Moon
  5 03 Uranus 3.1 N of Moon 19 03 NEW MOON
  5 20 Moon at apogee 19 06 Moon at perigee
  5 23 Mercury in superior conjn. 19 23 Mercury 3.6 S of Moon
  6 00 Venus 1.3 S of Jupiter 22 13 Venus 7.4 S of Pollux
12 09 LAST QUARTER 24 23 Pluto stationary
13 23 Mercury 1.2 N of Regulus 25 20 FIRST QUARTER
14 03 Saturn 0.2 N of Moon Occn. 27 12 Mars 4.9 S of Moon
15 15 Uranus at opposition 31 00 Neptune 2.9 N of Moon

 September 2001

dd hh dd hh
  1 07 Uranus 3.0 N of Moon 20 20 Venus 0.5 N of Regulus
  2 02 Moon at apogee 21 00 Mercury 1.0 S of Spica
  2 22 FULL MOON 22 23 Equinox
10 13 Saturn 0.2 S of Moon Occn. 24 10 FIRST QUARTER
10 20 LAST QUARTER 25 01 Mars 2.5 S of Moon
12 13 Jupiter 0.0 S of Moon Occn. 26 16 Mercury greatest brilliancy
15 07 Venus 3.3 S of Moon 27 02 Saturn stationary
16 16 Moon at perigee 27 05 Neptune 2.9 N of Moon
17 11 NEW MOON 28 11 Uranus 3.1 N of Moon
18 16 Mercury greatest elong. E(26) 29 08 Moon at apogee
19 03 Mercury 8.1 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..
Aug 09

06.43 17.44

07.00 17.58

04.17 14.52

13.02 03.03

04.08 14.37

02.24 13.05
Aug 19

06.34 17.49

07.18 18.46

04.27 15.05

12.37 02.38

03.36 14.07

01.48 12.28
Aug 29

06.25 17.53

07.23 19.21

04.33 15.19

12.15 02.16

03.04 13.35

01.11 11.51
Sep 08

06.14 17.57

07.21 19.46

04.38 15.35

11.57 01.58

02.32 13.03

00.34 11.14
Sep 18

06.03 18.01

07.12 20.00

04.39 15.51

11.43 01.41

01.58 12.30

23.55 10.35
Sep 28

05.52 18.05

06.51 19.54

04.39 16.06

11.30 01.26

01.24 11.56

23.16 09.56

 

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