Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

March 2003

dd hh dd hh
  1 15 Mercury 3.0 N of Moon 19 19 Moon at perigee
  1 23 Uranus 4.6 N of Moon 21 01 E q u i n o x
  3 03 NEW MOON 21 22 Mercury in superior conjn.
  4 13 Mercury 1.6 S of Uranus 23 13 Pluto stationary
  7 16 Moon at apogee 25 02 LAST QUARTER
11 07 FIRST QUARTER 25 17 Mars 2.7 N of Moon
11 11 Saturn 2.7 S of Moon 27 21 Neptune 5.0 N of Moon
12 20 Venus 0.3 N of Neptune 28 13 Venus 0.1 N of Uranus
14 23 Jupiter 3.8 S of Moon 29 08 Uranus 4.6 N of Moon
18 10 FULL MOON 29 10 Venus 4.6 N of Moon

April 2003

dd hh dd hh
1 20 NEW MOON 16 19 FULL MOON
2 19 Mercury 3.9 N of Moon 17 04 Moon at perigee
4 02 Moon at apogee 23 07 Mars 3.2 N of Moon
4 05 Jupiter stationary 23 12 LAST QUARTER
4 14 Mercury greatest brilliancy 24 04 Neptune 5.2 N of Moon
7 22 Saturn 3.1 S of Moon 25 16 Uranus 4.8 N of Moon
9 23 FIRST QUARTER 26 22 Mercury stationary
11 08 Jupiter 4.0 S of Moon 28 17 Venus 2.7 N of Moon
16 13 Mercury greatest elong. E(19)

LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2003

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
Mar 02

6.03 18.37

4.49 17.55

2.53 16.18

0.31 14.14

16.55 3.45

13.40 0.14
Mar 12

6.08 18.27

5.28 18.08

3.08 16.23

0.19 14.03

16.13 3.01

13.01 23.35
Mar 22

6.13 18.17

6.13 18.21

3.23 16.25

0.07 13.50

15.31 2.19

12.24 22.58
             
Apr 01

6.18 18.06

7.04 18.36

3.38 16.24

23.56 13.37

14.51 1.39

11.47 22.21
Apr 11

6.22 17.56

7.46 18.46

3.52 16.22

23.45 13.23

14.12 1.00

11.11 21.44
Apr 21

6.27 17.46

7.55 18.37

4.07 16.18

23.34 13.07

13.34 0.22

10.35 21.08

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