Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

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

October 2003
dd hh dd hh
2 19 FIRST QUARTER 20 02 Mercury 3.5 N of Spica
3 22 Venus 3.2 N of Spica 22 00 Jupiter 4.3 S of Moon
5 00 Neptune 5.3 N of Moon 22 16 Neptune stationary
6 11 Uranus 4.6 N of Moon 25 10 Mercury in superior conjn.
6 15 Mars 1.0 N of Moon Occn. 25 13 Mercury 1.3 S of Moon
10 08 FULL MOON 25 14 NEW MOON
14 03 Moon at apogee 25 23 Saturn stationary
17 13 Saturn 4.8 S of Moon 26 14 Moon at perigee
18 13 LAST QUARTER 26 21 Venus 0.1 S of Moon Occn.

 
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
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
             
Oct 08

5.42 18.09

5.12 17.12

6.25 19.10

14.48 3.53

4.01 15.30

0.42 11.16
Oct 18

5.32 18.14

5.21 17.50

6.24 19.27

14.18 3.17

3.27 14.59

0.03 10.38
Oct 28

5.23 18.20

5.30 18.27

6.25 19.45

13.53 2.44

2.53 14.28

23.24 9.59

 

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