Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

August 2003

dd hh dd hh
  4 14 Neptune at opposition 22 10 Jupiter in conj. with Sun
  5 08 FIRST QUARTER 23 14 Saturn 4.1 S of Moon
  6 15 Moon at perigee 24 10 Uranus at opposition
11 14 Neptune 4.9 N of Moon 26 04 Jupiter 0.4 N of Regulus
12 05 FULL MOON 27 08 Jupiter 4.3 S of Moon
13 00 Uranus 4.5 N of Moon 27 10 Mars nearest to Earth
13 18 Mars 2.1 S of Moon 27 18 NEW MOON
14 15 Mercury greatest elong. E(27) 27 20 Venus 3.7 S of Moon
17 13 Mercury greatest brilliancy 27 22 Mercury stationary
18 18 Venus in superior conjn. 28 18 Mars at opposition
19 14 Moon at apogee 29 01 Mercury 9.3 S of Moon
20 01 LAST QUARTER 29 22 Pluto stationary
21 06 Venus 0.6 N of Jupiter 31 18 Moon at perigee
22 03 Venus 0.0 N of Regulus

September 2003

dd hh dd hh
  3 13 FIRST QUARTER 20 03 Saturn 4.6 S of Moon
  7 01 Mercury 6.1 S of Venus 23 11 Equinox
  7 20 Neptune 5.0 N of Moon 24 04 Jupiter 4.4 S of Moon
  9 06 Uranus 4.4 N of Moon 24 18 Mercury 4.5 S of Moon
  9 14 Mars 1.5 S of Moon 26 04 NEW MOON
10 18 FULL MOON 26 21 Venus 2.3 S of Moon
11 03 Mercury in inferior conjn. 27 08 Mercury greatest elong. W(17)
16 09 Moon at apogee 28 08 Moon at perigee
18 20 LAST QUARTER 29 14 Mars stationary
19 13 Mercury stationary 30 11 Mercury greatest brilliancy

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
Aug 09

6.43 17.44

8.04 19.45

6.38 17.31

19.23 8.24

7.18 18.29

4.19 14.52
Aug 19

6.35 17.48

7.47 19.50

6.39 17.48

18.35 7.40

6.46 18.00

3.44 14.17
Aug 29

6.25 17.53

7.14 19.28

6.39 18.05

17.43 6.52

6.13 17.30

3.09 13.42
             
Sep 08

6.15 17.57

6.19 18.25

6.36 18.21

16.52 6.04

5.40 17.00

2.33 13.07
Sep 18

6.04 18.01

5.24 17.07

6.32 18.37

16.05 5.17

5.07 16.31

1.57 12.31
Sep 28

5.53 18.05

5.05 16.45

6.28 18.53

15.23 4.33

4.34 16.01

1.19 11.54

 

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