Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

June 2002

dd hh dd hh
1 18 Uranus 4.4 N of Moon 12 11 Mars 0.7 S of Moon…Occn.
3 00 LAST QUARTER 13 03 Jupiter 2.3 S of Moon
3 05 Uranus stationary 13 21 Venus 1.4 S of Moon
3 18 Venus 1.7 N of Jupiter 18 01 FIRST QUARTER
4 14 Moon at apogee 19 09 Moon at perigee
7 03 Pluto at opposition 21 13 Solstice
8 09 Mercury stationary 21 15 Mercury greatest elong. W(22)
9 11 Saturn in conj. with Sun 24 03 Mercury 2.5 N of Aldebaran
9 14 Mercury 2.5 S of Moon 24 22 FULL MOON           Eclipse
9 20 Venus 4.9 S of Pollux 27 16 Neptune 4.3 N of Moon
10 21 Saturn 1.2 S of Moon 29 02 Uranus 4.4 N of Moon
11 00 NEW MOON           Eclipse

July 2002

dd hh dd hh
2 07 Moon at apogee 13 12 Venus 3.8 S of Moon
2 10 Mercury 0.3 S of Saturn 14 00 Mercury greatest brilliancy
2 18 LAST QUARTER 14 11 Moon at perigee
3 06 Mars 0.9 N of Jupiter 17 05 FIRST QUARTER
4 17 Mars 5.7 S of Pollux 19 06 Mercury 5.5 S of Pollux
5 04 Earth at Aphelion 20 01 Jupiter in conj. with Sun
7 13 Jupiter 6.5 S of Pollux 20 14 Mercury 1.2 N of Jupiter
8 12 Saturn 1.5 S of Moon 21 02 Mercury in superior conjn.
9 09 Mercury 1.3 S of Moon 24 10 FULL MOON
10 10 Venus 1.1 N of Regulus 24 23 Neptune 4.3 N of Moon
10 10 NEW MOON 25 13 Mercury 0.7 N of Mars
10 22 Jupiter 2.8 S of Moon 26 09 Uranus 4.2 N of Moon
11 03 Mars 2.2 S of Moon 30 00 Moon at apogee

 LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2002

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

05.26 16.25

09.27 19.56

08.19 18.43

08.59 19.31

06.48 17.24
Jun 20

06.55 17.23

05.09 16.02

09.31 20.12

08.07 18.34

08.28 19.02

06.14 16.50
Jun 30

06.57 17.26

05.23 16.03

09.31 20.27

07.53 18.24

07.57 18.32

05.40 16.16
Jul 10

06.56 17.30

06.04 16.32

09.27 20.40

07.39 18.15

07.26 18.03

05.06 15.41
Jul 20

06.54 17.34

06.54 17.26

09.20 20.51

07.23 18.05

06.55 17.34

04.32 15.07
Jul 30

06.49 17.39

07.28 18.23

09.11 21.01

07.06 17.56

06.24 17.05

03.58 14.32

 

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