This information on this page was last updated: June 25, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

Distance from the Earth: 152,069,922 km
Distance from the Sun: 47,871,319  km.      Distance from the Earth: 186,997,338 
In 04 deg. Cancer*

Solar Wind
speed: 561.4 km/s
density: 1.2 protons/cm3

AURORA OUTLOOK: Geomagnetic activity is low now, but it could intensify around June 28th. That's when Earth will encounter a solar wind stream flowing from a coronal hole on the sun. The best observing sites will be at high-latitudes: e.g., southern parts of New Zealand and Australia, northern Europe, Canada and US states like Minnesota and Michigan,

Solar Flares: Probabilities for a medium-sized (M-class) or a major (X-class) solar flare during the next 24/48 hours are tabulated below.
Updated at 2003 April 13th 2200 UTC
FLARE         0-24 hr      24-48 hr
CLASS M    20 %          30 %
CLASS X     01 %          05 %

 Viewing :That most elusive of the naked-eye planets, is in the dawn skies but cannot be easily seen, laying quite low on the eastern horizon for most to of the month.
Gemini 22 deg. *
Distance from the Sun: 107,710,467  km
Distance from Earth: 248,332,465
Viewing: Like Mercury, is low in the east at sunrise, but a bit higher and much brighter. Overall, however, it is still too close to the Sun to be observed easily.

In Gemini 19 deg.*

Distance from the Sun: 152,069,922 km
Distance from the Sun: 210,932,998   km
Distance from Earth: 88,262,744 
Geomagnetic Storms: Probabilities for significant disturbances in Earth's magnetic field are given for three activity levels: active, minor storm, severe storm
Updated at 2003 Apr 13 2200 UTC


Mid-latitudes  0-24 hr     24-48 hr
ACTIVE           35 %        30 %
MINOR            15 %        10 %
SEVERE           05 %         01 %

High latitudes  0-24 hr     24-48 hr
ACTIVE            45 %        35 %
MINOR             25 %        20 %
SEVERE             10 %        05 %
Viewing:Mars slowly but surely continues to brighten as we head toward an historically close approach in late August. Rising in Capricornus an hour or so after midnight, it is still relatively low in the southeastern sky at sunrise. Now in the negative magnitudes, Mars is brighter than any star in its vicinity of the sky.
 
In Pisces 03 deg.*
New Moon June 29th @ 2:39 p.m.
First Quarter July 6th @ 10:32 p.m.
Full 'Mead' Moon July 13th @3:21 p.m.
Last Quarter July 21st @ 3:03 a.m.
New Moon July 29th @ 2:53 a.m.
 
Distance from the Sun: 801,844,587  km
Distance from Earth: 906,563,096  
 
 
Distance to the Earth: 367,914 km.

Viewing: "New Moon" cannot be seen at all. A few days before New Moon a thin crescent may be observed in the predawn eastern sky, and a few days after New Moon a thin crescent will appear in the western dusk. "First Quarter" Moon rises at about noon, is high in the south at sunset, and sets at roughly midnight. "Full Moon." can be seen in the east at about sunset, in the southern sky at midnight, and setting in the western sky at about dawn. "Last Quarter" Moon rises at about midnight and can be seen in the southern sky at dawn. Of course, each phase grades into the next, and the Moon may sometimes be seen in broad daylight.

 Viewing: Jupiter, in Cancer about half-way between Gemini and Leo, still dominates the evening sky. Its nightly procession of moons provides fascination in a small telescope, but only the four largest (of the 60 now known) can be seen. Look early, though, as this King of the Planets sets by roughly 1 a.m.

In Leo 17 deg.*

The next meteor shower is the Delta Aquarids on July 14 to Aug 18.

Peak July 29/30

Source: Aquarius

The maximum hourly rate typically reaches 15-20.

 

 Distance from the Sun: 1,349,372,794 km
Distance from Earth: 1,501,962,622 
Viewing: Saturn although still bright, is low in the west at sunset, roughly between Taurus and Gemini. Unfortunately, the Sun is rushing toward a conjunction with Saturn in late June, and the Ringed Planet is all but lost in the solar glare by the end of the month.
In Cancer 02 deg.*
Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are space rocks larger than approximately 100m that can come closer to Earth than 0.05 AU. None of the known PHAs are on a collision course with our planet, although astronomers are finding new ones all the time. Distance from the Sun: 2,997,941,329  km
Distance from Earth: 2,917,158,478

In Pisces 02 deg.*
On 13 Apr 2003 there were 513 known Potentially
Hazardous Asteroids
June 2003 Earth-asteroid encounters
ASTEROID

 DATE (UT)

 MISS DISTANCE

 MAG.
1998 FH12

 June 27

20 LD

 16

Notes: LD is a "Lunar Distance." 1 LD = 384,401 km, the distance between Earth and the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU. MAG is the visual magnitude of the asteroid on the date of closest approach.

Thank you: SpaceWeather.com
Science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment.

Distance from the Sun: 4,508,879,823  km
Distance from Earth: 4,387,705,547

In Aquarius 12 deg.*

Distance from the Sun: 4,606,118,439  km
Distance from Earth: 4,462,504,483

 
In Sagittarius 18 deg.*

Retrograde until August 28th

April     May     June     July     August     September

October     November     December 

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* Please note. The sign in which the planet is in and it's degree are calculated from a ' traditional' astrological viewpoint. 

If you wish to convert into modern more physically 'accurate' positioning you must take into account the precession of the equinoxes and shift the signs as displayed on this page 'back' one sign.