Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

January 2002

dd hh dd hh
  1 06 Jupiter at opposition 18 09 Moon at apogee
  2 08 Moon at perigee 18 10 Mercury stationary
  3 12 Earth at Perihelion 18 22 Mars 5.3 N of Moon
  6 04 LAST QUARTER 21 18 FIRST QUARTER
  9 12 Mercury 1.2 S of Neptune 24 15 Saturn 0.1 N of Moon…Occn.
11 10 Mercury greatest elong. E(16) 25 13 Venus 1.4 S of Neptune
12 19 Mercury greatest brilliancy 25 23 Mercury 4.5 N of Venus
13 13 Venus 1.4 N of Moon 26 10 Mercury 3.2 N of Neptune
13 13 NEW MOON 26 19 Jupiter 0.8 S of Moon…Occn.
14 11 Venus in superior conjn. 27 20 Mercury in inferior conjn.
14 16 Neptune 3.6 N of Moon 28 14 Neptune in conj. with Sun
15 02 Mercury 4.0 N of Moon 28 22 FULL MOON
15 22 Uranus 3.8 N of Moon 30 09 Moon at perigee

 February 2002

dd hh dd hh
  4 14 LAST QUARTER 13 17 Uranus in conj. with Sun
  7 10 Venus 0.8 S of Uranus 14 21 Moon at apogee
  8 09 Saturn stationary 17 00 Mars 5.1 N of Moon
  8 16 Mercury stationary 20 12 FIRST QUARTER
10 05 Mercury 5.0 N of Moon 21 00 Saturn 0.3 S of Moon…Occn.
11 01 Neptune 3.7 N of Moon 21 18 Mercury greatest elong. W(26)
12 08 NEW MOON 23 02 Jupiter 0.9 S of Moon…Occn.
12 08 Uranus 3.8 N of Moon 24 12 Mercury 0.5 S of Neptune
12 20 Venus 3.3 N of Moon 27 09 FULL MOON
13 07 Mercury greatest brilliancy 27 19 Moon at perigee

 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..
Jan 01

05.20 19.02

06.27 20.09

5.05 18.49

10.25 22.53

18.57 05.27

16.36 03.20
Jan 11

05.28 19.03

06.55 20.16

5.23 19.02

10.18 22.34

18.12 04.42

15.54 02.38
Jan 21

05.35 19.03

06.39 19.43

5.41 19.12

10.11 22.15

17.28 03.57

15.13 01.57
Jan 31

05.43 18.59

05.14 18.23

6.00 19.17

10.04 21.56

16.44 03.13

14.32 01.16
Feb 10

05.50 18.54

04.10 17.29

06.19 19.19

09.57 21.37

16.01 02.30

13.53 00.36
Feb 20

05.57 18.46

03.56 17.17

06.36 19.18

09.50 21.19

15.20 01.48

13.14 23.57

 

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