Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

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)

May 2003

dd hh dd hh
1 05 Moon at apogee 19 13 Mercury stationary
1 12 NEW MOON 21 12 Neptune 5.1 N of Moon
2 04 Mercury 2.8 N of Moon 21 20 Mars 3.0 N of Moon
5 08 Saturn 3.2 S of Moon 22 23 Uranus 4.9 N of Moon
7 08 Mercury in transit 23 00 LAST QUARTER
8 18 Jupiter 4.2 S of Moon 28 07 Mercury 2.4 S of Venus
9 12 FIRST QUARTER 28 14 Moon at apogee
13 14 Mars 2.1 S of Neptune 29 03 Mercury 2.4 S of Moon
15 14 Moon at perigee 29 04 Venus 0.1 S of Moon Occn.
16 00 Neptune stationary 31 04 NEW MOON       E c l i p s e
16 03 FULL MOON       E c l i p s e

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
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
May 01

6.32 17.38

7.17 18.04

4.21 16.15

23.22 12.51

12.57 23.46

10.00 20.33
May 11

6.37 17.31

6.10 17.14

4.36 16.11

23.09 12.33

12.20 23.10

9.26 19.58
May 21

6.43 17.26

5.15 16.32

4.51 16.09

22.55 12.14

11.45 22.36

8.51 19.24
May 31

6.48 17.23

4.54 16.08

5.07 16.09

22.40 11.53

11.10 22.03

8.17 18.49

 

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