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Saturn in 1983: brightness, position and events

Brightest+0.2around Apr 15

Closest (in table)8.773 au1312 million km

Farthest10.809 au

Events this year2

Brightest last year+0.4

Events this year

Date (JST)	Event	Mag	Dist (au)	Constellation	Elong.
1983-04-22 04:26	Opposition	+0.2	8.766	Virgo	177.3°
1983-10-31 14:56	Conjunction with the Sun	+0.6	10.809	Libra	2.2°

Magnitude through the year (lower = brighter)

Twice-monthly position and visibility

Date	Mag	Dist (au)	Constellation	Elong.	Visibility
Jan 1	+0.7	10.079	Virgo	67° W	Morning sky
Jan 15	+0.7	9.856	Virgo	81° W	Morning sky
Feb 1	+0.6	9.574	Virgo	97° W	Morning sky
Feb 15	+0.5	9.349	Virgo	111° W	Morning sky
Mar 1	+0.5	9.145	Virgo	126° W	Morning sky
Mar 15	+0.4	8.975	Virgo	140° W	Morning sky
Apr 1	+0.3	8.831	Virgo	158° W	Most of the night
Apr 15	+0.2	8.773	Virgo	172° W	Most of the night
May 1	+0.3	8.779	Virgo	170° E	Most of the night
May 15	+0.3	8.847	Virgo	156° E	Most of the night
Jun 1	+0.4	9.000	Virgo	138° E	Evening sky
Jun 15	+0.5	9.173	Virgo	124° E	Evening sky
Jul 1	+0.6	9.410	Virgo	109° E	Evening sky
Jul 15	+0.6	9.636	Virgo	96° E	Evening sky
Aug 1	+0.7	9.917	Virgo	80° E	Evening sky
Aug 15	+0.7	10.140	Virgo	68° E	Evening sky
Sep 1	+0.7	10.384	Virgo	53° E	Evening sky
Sep 15	+0.7	10.552	Virgo	40° E	Evening sky
Oct 1	+0.7	10.697	Virgo	26° E	Evening sky
Oct 15	+0.7	10.777	Virgo	14° E	Too close to the Sun
Nov 1	+0.6	10.809	Libra	2° W	Too close to the Sun
Nov 15	+0.7	10.781	Libra	13° W	Too close to the Sun
Dec 1	+0.7	10.688	Libra	28° W	Morning sky
Dec 15	+0.7	10.559	Libra	40° W	Morning sky

Computed with the JPL DE421 ephemeris and Skyfield (times in JST). Magnitude and distance are for 12:00 JST on each date. Visibility is a rough guide for mid-northern latitudes such as Japan.

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Saturn is brightest around April 1983 (magnitude +0.2); 2 conjunctions, oppositions or elongations occur this year.