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.



 
 
 
 

- Mutual position of Earth and internal planets

- Mutual position of Earth and external planets

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