| Mercury Elongation Depiction | Evening Elongation of April 16, 2003 | | | | Apr 2 6:11 PM 10° alt | Apr 5 6:13 PM 12.8° alt | Apr 8 7:15 PM 15.2° alt | Apr 11 7:18 PM 16.9° alt | Apr 14 7:20 PM 18° alt | April 17, 2003 Sunset: 7:22 PM 18.3° alt | Apr 20 7:24 PM 17.7° alt | Apr 23 7:27 PM 16.1° alt | Apr 26 7:29 PM 13.8° alt | Apr 29 7:31 PM 10.6° alt | May 2 7:33 PM 6.6° alt | -1.3 mV 5.52" 88% illum
| -1.1 mV 5.82" 80% illum
| -0.9 mV 6.2" 70% illum
| -0.7 mV 6.67" 59% illum
| -0.3 mV 7.22" 48% illum
| +0.1 mV 7.85" 38% illum
| +0.6 mV 8.55" 28% illum
| +1.3 mV 9.29" 20% illum
| +2.1 mV 10.05" 13% illum
| +3.1 mV 10.77" 7% illum
| +4.4 mV 11.38" 3% illum
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| Date | Sunset | Alt at Sunset | Sets At | Magnitude | Diameter | Phase Angle | Illum | Illum Arcsec | Tilt | Distance | | March 26, 2003 | 6:07 PM | 3.7 | | -1.8 mV | 5.1" | 13° | 99% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 122,656,210 | March 27, 2003 | 6:07 PM | 4.9 | | -1.8 mV | 5.1" | 16° | 98% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 121,690,220 | March 28, 2003 | 6:08 PM | 5.9 | | -1.7 mV | 5.2" | 19° | 97% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 120,605,355 | March 29, 2003 | 6:09 PM | 6.9 | | -1.6 mV | 5.2" | 23° | 96% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 119,398,796 | March 30, 2003 | 6:09 PM | 8.0 | | -1.5 mV | 5.3" | 27° | 95% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 118,068,853 | March 31, 2003 | 6:10 PM | 9.0 | | -1.5 mV | 5.4" | 31° | 93% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 116,615,186 | April 1, 2003 | 6:11 PM | 10.0 | | -1.4 mV | 5.4" | 35° | 91% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 115,039,008 | April 2, 2003 | 6:12 PM | 10.9 | | -1.3 mV | 5.5" | 39° | 89% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 113,343,239 | April 3, 2003 | 6:12 PM | 12.0 | | -1.3 mV | 5.6" | 44° | 86% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 111,532,596 | April 4, 2003 | 6:13 PM | 12.8 | | -1.2 mV | 5.7" | 48° | 83% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 109,613,604 | April 5, 2003 | 6:14 PM | 1.2 | | -1.1 mV | 5.8" | 52° | 80% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 107,594,523 | April 7, 2003 | 7:15 PM | 15.2 | | -1.0 mV | 6.1" | 61° | 74% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 103,296,748 | April 8, 2003 | 7:16 PM | 15.8 | | -0.9 mV | 6.2" | 66° | 70% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 101,041,414 | April 9, 2003 | 7:17 PM | 16.4 | | -0.8 mV | 6.3" | 70° | 67% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 98,732,087 | April 10, 2003 | 7:18 PM | 16.9 | | -0.8 mV | 6.5" | 75° | 63% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 96,382,039 | April 11, 2003 | 7:18 PM | 17.5 | | -0.7 mV | 6.7" | 79° | 59% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 94,004,597 | April 12, 2003 | 7:19 PM | 17.8 | | -0.6 mV | 6.8" | 84° | 56% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 91,612,859 | April 13, 2003 | 7:20 PM | 18.0 | | -0.5 mV | 7.0" | 88° | 52% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 89,219,464 | April 14, 2003 | 7:21 PM | 18.1 | | -0.3 mV | 7.2" | 92° | 48% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 86,836,419 | April 15, 2003 | 7:21 PM | 18.4 | | -0.2 mV | 7.4" | 96° | 45% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 84,474,983 | April 16, 2003 | 7:22 PM | 18.3 | | -0.1 mV | 7.6" | 100° | 41% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 82,145,600 | April 17, 2003 | 7:23 PM | 18.1 | | +0.1 mV | 7.8" | 104° | 38% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 79,857,878 | April 18, 2003 | 7:24 PM | 17.9 | | +0.3 mV | 8.1" | 108° | 35% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 77,620,601 | April 19, 2003 | 7:24 PM | 17.7 | | +0.4 mV | 8.3" | 112° | 31% | 17 | +0.0° NP | 75,441,764 | April 20, 2003 | 7:25 PM | 17.3 | | +0.6 mV | 8.5" | 116° | 28% | 16 | +0.0° NP | 73,328,635 | April 21, 2003 | 7:26 PM | 16.7 | | +0.8 mV | 8.8" | 120° | 25% | 15 | +0.0° NP | 71,287,819 | April 22, 2003 | 7:27 PM | 16.1 | | +1.0 mV | 9.0" | 123° | 23% | 14 | +0.0° NP | 69,325,330 | April 23, 2003 | 7:27 PM | 15.6 | | +1.3 mV | 9.3" | 127° | 20% | 13 | +0.0° NP | 67,446,653 | April 24, 2003 | 7:28 PM | 14.7 | | +1.5 mV | 9.5" | 131° | 17% | 12 | +0.0° NP | 65,656,811 | April 25, 2003 | 7:29 PM | 13.8 | | +1.8 mV | 9.8" | 135° | 15% | 11 | +0.0° NP | 63,960,411 | April 26, 2003 | 7:30 PM | 12.7 | | +2.1 mV | 10.0" | 138° | 13% | 10 | +0.0° NP | 62,361,679 | April 27, 2003 | 7:30 PM | 11.8 | | +2.4 mV | 10.3" | 142° | 11% | 9 | +0.0° NP | 60,864,486 | April 28, 2003 | 7:31 PM | 10.6 | | +2.7 mV | 10.5" | 146° | 9% | 8 | +0.0° NP | 59,472,355 | April 29, 2003 | 7:32 PM | 9.3 | | +3.1 mV | 10.8" | 149° | 7% | 6 | +0.0° NP | 58,188,461 | April 30, 2003 | 7:33 PM | 7.9 | | +3.5 mV | 11.0" | 153° | 5% | 5 | +0.0° NP | 57,015,613 | May 1, 2003 | 7:33 PM | 6.6 | | +3.9 mV | 11.2" | 157° | 4% | 4 | +0.0° NP | 55,956,226 | May 2, 2003 | 7:34 PM | 5.1 | | +4.3 mV | 11.4" | 160° | 3% | 3 | +0.0° NP | 55,012,298 | May 3, 2003 | 7:35 PM | 3.6 | | +4.8 mV | 11.5" | 164° | 2% | 2 | +0.0° NP | 54,185,362 | May 4, 2003 | 7:36 PM | 2.0 | | +5.3 mV | 11.7" | 168° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 53,476,457 | May 5, 2003 | 7:36 PM | 0.6 | | +999.0 mV | 11.8" | 171° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 52,886,093 | May 6, 2003 | 7:37 PM | -1.1 | | +999.0 mV | 11.9" | 175° | 0% | 0 | +0.0° NP | 52,414,223 | May 7, 2003 | 7:38 PM | -2.7 | | +999.0 mV | 12.0" | 179° | 0% | 0 | +0.0° NP | 52,060,229 |
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