PLANETS VISIBILITY
JUNE 2000
Mercury: visible in the evening (after sunset) during the first part of the month, invisibile at the end of June.
Maximum eastern elongation: June, 11th
Constellation: Gemini
Distance: 06/01
147 millions of Km
06/30 86 millions of Km
Magnitude: 03/01 +4.7
03/31 +0.2
Phase: 03/01
0.1%
03/31 54.4%
Visibility is getting better.
Venus: visible in the morning, immediately before dawn.
Constellation: from 03/01
to 03/11: Capricornus
from 03/12 : Aquarius
Distance: 03/01 220 millions
of Km
03/31 239 millions of Km
Magnitude: 03/01 -3.9
03/31 -3.9
Phase: 03/01 90.0%
03/31: 94.7%
Visibilty is getting worse.
Mars: visibile in the evening, immediately after sunset
Constellation: from 03/01 to 03/22:
Pisces
from 03/23: Aries
Distance: 03/01 323
millions of Km
03/31 347 millions of Km
Magnitude: 02/01 1.3
02/29 1.4
Visibility is getting worse.
Jupiter:
visible in the evening, immediately after
sunset.
Constellation: Aries
Distance: 03/01
826 millions of Km
03/31 873 millions of Km
Magnitude: 03/01 -2.2
03/31 -2.0
Visibility is getting worse.
Saturn:
visible in the evening. It
sets about 30 minutes later than Jupiter.
Constellation: Aries
Distance: 03/01 1,436
millions of Km
03/31 1,491 millions of Km
Magnitude: 03/01
+0.3 (without contribution of the rings)
03/31 +0.3
Visibility is getting worse.
Uranus:
invisibile at the beginning of the month,
visibile in the morning with difficulty at the end of March.
Constellation: Capricornus
Distance: 03/01 3,118
millions of Km
03/31 3,074 millions of Km
Magnitude: +5.9
Visibility is getting better.
Neptune: visibile in the morning, visible with difficulty at the beginning of March, well visible at the end of the month. (only through a telescope).
Constellation: Capricornus
Distance: 03/01 4,626
millions of Km
03/31 4,568 millions of Km
Magnitude: +8.0
Visibilty is getting better.
Pluto: visibile in the second part of the night.
Constellation: Ophiucus
Distance: 03/01 4,527
millions of Km
03/31 4,455 millions of Km
Magnitude: +13.8
Visibility is getting better.
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Mutual position of Earth and internal planets
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Mutual position of Earth and external planets
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