Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

 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

December 2002

dd hh dd hh
1 02 Mercury 11.2 S of Pluto 14 05 Moon at apogee
1 10 Mars 2.6 S of Moon 17 17 Saturn at opposition
1 14 Venus 2.1 S of Moon 19 15 Saturn 2.6 S of Moon
2 09 Moon at perigee 19 19 FULL MOON
4 08 NEW MOON           Eclipse 22 01 Solstice
4 21 Jupiter stationary 23 12 Jupiter 4.2 S of Moon
5 04 Mercury 0.7 S of Moon…Occn. 25 16 Mercury greatest elong. E(18)
7 02 Venus greatest brilliancy 27 01 LAST QUARTER
8 08 Neptune 4.6 N of Moon 28 05 Mercury greatest brilliancy
9 14 Uranus 4.6 N of Moon 30 01 Mars 1.1 S of Moon…Occn.
9 16 Pluto in conj. with Sun 30 02 Moon at perigee
11 16 FIRST QUARTER 30 09 Venus 2.2 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..
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
Dec 07

05.09 18.49

05.56 19.50

02.53 15.42

02.46 15.38

22.58 09.59

19.33 06.08
Dec 17

05.12 18.55

06.24 20.16

02.37 15.31

02.26 15.28

22.18 09.18

18.50 05.25
Dec 27

05.17 19.00

06.45 20.24

02.26 15.28

02.08 15.18

21.37 08.36

18.07 04.42
Jan 06

05.24 19.03

06.22 19.46

02.20 15.31

01.51 15.08

20.55 07.53

17.24 03.59

 

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