Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

 October 2002

dd hh dd hh
2 08 Jupiter 4.1 S of Moon 14 14 Neptune 4.4 N of Moon
5 02 Mars 4.2 S of Moon 15 05 Mercury greatest brilliancy
5 10 Mercury 5.4 S of Moon 15 22 Uranus 4.4 N of Moon
6 03 Mercury stationary 20 05 Neptune stationary
6 12 NEW MOON 20 08 Moon at apogee
6 15 Moon at perigee 21 08 FULL MOON
8 11 Venus 9.9 S of Moon 26 09 Saturn 3.0 S of Moon
10 07 Venus stationary 27 08 Mercury 4.1 N of Spica
11 12 Saturn stationary 29 06 LAST QUARTER
13 06 FIRST QUARTER 29 22 Jupiter 4.5 S of Moon
13 19 Mercury greatest elong. W(17) 31 12 Venus in inferior conjn.

November 2002

dd hh dd hh
2 18 Mars 3.7 S of Moon 14 05 Mercury in superior conjn.
3 08 Mercury 6.6 N of Venus 16 13 Moon at apogee
4 01 Moon at perigee 19 04 Venus stationary
4 06 Venus 8.5 S of Moon 20 02 FULL MOON           Eclipse
4 09 Uranus stationary 20 04 Mars 3.3 N of Spica
4 10 Mercury 2.1 S of Moon 22 12 Saturn 2.9 S of Moon
4 21 NEW MOON 25 10 Mercury 3.4 N of Antares
10 22 Neptune 4.6 N of Moon 26 07 Jupiter 4.4 S of Moon
11 21 FIRST QUARTER 27 16 LAST QUARTER
12 05 Uranus 4.6 N of Moon

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..
Oct 08

05.42 18.09

04.57 16.57

06.54 20.36

04.49 16.42

02.38 13.33

23.41 10.15
Oct 18

05.32 18.14

04.49 16.58

06.11 19.52

04.28 16.31

02.03 13.00

23.01 09.36
Oct 28

05.23 18.20

04.55 17.30

05.20 18.50

04.07 16.20

01.28 12.27

22.21 08.55
Nov 07

05.16 18.27

05.04 18.06

04.28 17.42

03.46 16.09

00.52 11.52

21.40 08.14
Nov 17

05.12 18.34

05.16 18.42

03.46 16.44

03.25 15.59

00.15 11.15

20.58 07.33
Nov 27

05.09 18.41

05.33 19.17

03.15 16.05

03.05 15.48

23.37 10.38

20.16 06.50

 

 

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