| Mercury Elongation Depiction | Evening Elongation of September 1, 2002 | | | | Aug 18 7:33 PM 12.5° alt | Aug 21 7:30 PM 12.6° alt | Aug 24 7:26 PM 12.7° alt | Aug 27 7:23 PM 12.5° alt | Aug 30 7:19 PM 12.2° alt | September 2, 2002 Sunset: 7:15 PM 11.8° alt | Sep 5 7:11 PM 11.2° alt | Sep 8 7:07 PM 10.3° alt | Sep 11 7:03 PM 9.2° alt | Sep 14 6:59 PM 7.7° alt | Sep 17 6:54 PM 6.1° alt | -0.1 mV 5.92" 73% illum
| -0.0 mV 6.13" 69% illum
| +0.0 mV 6.36" 66% illum
| +0.1 mV 6.62" 62% illum
| +0.1 mV 6.92" 58% illum
| +0.2 mV 7.25" 53% illum
| +0.2 mV 7.62" 48% illum
| +0.3 mV 8.04" 42% illum
| +0.5 mV 8.5" 36% illum
| +0.8 mV 8.98" 29% illum
| +1.3 mV 9.48" 21% illum
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| Date | Sunset | Alt at Sunset | Sets At | Magnitude | Diameter | Phase Angle | Illum | Illum Arcsec | Tilt | Distance | | August 12, 2002 | 7:39 PM | 11.6 | | -0.3 mV | 5.6" | 54° | 80% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 112,359,308 | August 13, 2002 | 7:38 PM | 11.8 | | -0.2 mV | 5.6" | 55° | 79% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 111,310,625 | August 14, 2002 | 7:37 PM | 11.9 | | -0.2 mV | 5.7" | 57° | 77% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 110,238,539 | August 15, 2002 | 7:36 PM | 12.1 | | -0.2 mV | 5.7" | 58° | 76% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 109,144,180 | August 16, 2002 | 7:35 PM | 12.2 | | -0.1 mV | 5.8" | 60° | 75% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 108,028,537 | August 17, 2002 | 7:33 PM | 12.5 | | -0.1 mV | 5.9" | 61° | 74% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 106,892,476 | August 18, 2002 | 7:32 PM | 12.5 | | -0.1 mV | 5.9" | 63° | 73% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 105,736,751 | August 19, 2002 | 7:31 PM | 12.6 | | -0.1 mV | 6.0" | 64° | 72% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 104,562,024 | August 20, 2002 | 7:30 PM | 12.6 | | -0.0 mV | 6.1" | 65° | 71% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 103,368,879 | August 21, 2002 | 7:29 PM | 12.6 | | -0.0 mV | 6.1" | 67° | 70% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 102,157,834 | August 22, 2002 | 7:27 PM | 12.8 | | -0.0 mV | 6.2" | 68° | 68% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 100,929,359 | August 23, 2002 | 7:26 PM | 12.7 | | +0.0 mV | 6.3" | 70° | 67% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 99,683,889 | August 24, 2002 | 7:25 PM | 12.7 | | +0.0 mV | 6.4" | 71° | 66% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 98,421,840 | August 25, 2002 | 7:24 PM | 12.6 | | +0.0 mV | 6.4" | 73° | 65% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 97,143,623 | August 26, 2002 | 7:23 PM | 12.5 | | +0.1 mV | 6.5" | 74° | 63% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 95,849,662 | August 27, 2002 | 7:21 PM | 12.6 | | +0.1 mV | 6.6" | 76° | 62% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 94,540,411 | August 28, 2002 | 7:20 PM | 12.4 | | +0.1 mV | 6.7" | 77° | 61% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 93,216,367 | August 29, 2002 | 7:19 PM | 12.2 | | +0.1 mV | 6.8" | 79° | 59% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 91,878,099 | August 30, 2002 | 7:17 PM | 12.3 | | +0.1 mV | 6.9" | 81° | 58% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 90,526,259 | August 31, 2002 | 7:16 PM | 12.0 | | +0.1 mV | 7.0" | 82° | 57% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 89,161,611 | September 1, 2002 | 7:15 PM | 11.8 | | +0.1 mV | 7.1" | 84° | 55% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 87,785,055 | September 2, 2002 | 7:13 PM | 11.8 | | +0.2 mV | 7.2" | 86° | 53% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 86,397,652 | September 3, 2002 | 7:12 PM | 11.5 | | +0.2 mV | 7.4" | 88° | 52% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 85,000,662 | September 4, 2002 | 7:11 PM | 11.2 | | +0.2 mV | 7.5" | 90° | 50% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 83,595,572 | September 5, 2002 | 7:09 PM | 11.1 | | +0.2 mV | 7.6" | 92° | 48% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 82,184,145 | September 6, 2002 | 7:08 PM | 10.7 | | +0.3 mV | 7.7" | 94° | 47% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 80,768,459 | September 7, 2002 | 7:07 PM | 10.3 | | +0.3 mV | 7.9" | 96° | 45% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 79,350,968 | September 8, 2002 | 7:05 PM | 10.1 | | +0.3 mV | 8.0" | 99° | 43% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 77,934,554 | September 9, 2002 | 7:04 PM | 9.7 | | +0.4 mV | 8.2" | 101° | 41% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 76,522,601 | September 10, 2002 | 7:03 PM | 9.2 | | +0.4 mV | 8.3" | 103° | 38% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 75,119,062 | September 11, 2002 | 7:01 PM | 8.9 | | +0.5 mV | 8.5" | 106° | 36% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 73,728,536 | September 12, 2002 | 7:00 PM | 8.3 | | +0.6 mV | 8.6" | 109° | 34% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 72,356,347 | September 13, 2002 | 6:59 PM | 7.7 | | +0.7 mV | 8.8" | 112° | 31% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 71,008,631 | September 14, 2002 | 6:57 PM | 7.3 | | +0.8 mV | 9.0" | 115° | 29% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 69,692,417 | September 15, 2002 | 6:56 PM | 6.6 | | +0.9 mV | 9.1" | 118° | 26% | 17 | +0.0° NP | 68,415,715 | September 16, 2002 | 6:54 PM | 6.1 | | +1.1 mV | 9.3" | 122° | 24% | 16 | +0.0° NP | 67,187,591 | September 17, 2002 | 6:53 PM | 5.3 | | +1.3 mV | 9.5" | 125° | 21% | 15 | +0.0° NP | 66,018,231 | September 18, 2002 | 6:52 PM | 4.5 | | +1.5 mV | 9.6" | 129° | 18% | 13 | +0.0° NP | 64,918,986 | September 19, 2002 | 6:50 PM | 3.9 | | +1.7 mV | 9.8" | 133° | 16% | 12 | +0.0° NP | 63,902,372 | September 20, 2002 | 6:49 PM | 3.0 | | +2.0 mV | 9.9" | 137° | 13% | 10 | +0.0° NP | 62,982,030 | September 21, 2002 | 6:47 PM | 2.2 | | +2.4 mV | 10.1" | 142° | 11% | 8 | +0.0° NP | 62,172,609 | September 22, 2002 | 6:46 PM | 1.3 | | +2.8 mV | 10.2" | 147° | 8% | 7 | +0.0° NP | 61,489,572 |
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