| Mercury Elongation Depiction | Evening Elongation of December 9, 2003 | | | | Nov 25 4:43 PM 9.1° alt | Nov 28 4:43 PM 10° alt | Dec 1 4:42 PM 11.1° alt | Dec 4 4:42 PM 12° alt | Dec 7 4:42 PM 12.9° alt | December 10, 2003 Sunset: 4:42 PM 13.6° alt | Dec 13 4:43 PM 13.7° alt | Dec 16 4:44 PM 13.1° alt | Dec 19 4:45 PM 11.6° alt | Dec 22 4:46 PM 8.7° alt | Dec 25 4:48 PM 4.1° alt | -0.4 mV 5.27" 88% illum
| -0.5 mV 5.46" 85% illum
| -0.5 mV 5.7" 80% illum
| -0.5 mV 5.99" 75% illum
| -0.5 mV 6.34" 69% illum
| -0.5 mV 6.78" 60% illum
| -0.4 mV 7.31" 50% illum
| -0.0 mV 7.94" 37% illum
| +0.7 mV 8.65" 23% illum
| +2.0 mV 9.33" 11% illum
| +4.3 mV 9.82" 2% illum
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| Date | Sunset | Alt at Sunset | Sets At | Magnitude | Diameter | Phase Angle | Illum | Illum Arcsec | Tilt | Distance | | November 19, 2003 | 4:45 PM | 7.4 | | -0.5 mV | 5.0" | 32° | 93% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 125,225,391 | November 20, 2003 | 4:45 PM | 7.7 | | -0.5 mV | 5.0" | 33° | 92% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 124,257,539 | November 21, 2003 | 4:44 PM | 8.1 | | -0.5 mV | 5.1" | 35° | 91% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 123,234,363 | November 22, 2003 | 4:44 PM | 8.4 | | -0.5 mV | 5.1" | 36° | 90% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 122,154,968 | November 23, 2003 | 4:44 PM | 8.6 | | -0.5 mV | 5.2" | 38° | 90% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 121,018,417 | November 24, 2003 | 4:43 PM | 9.1 | | -0.4 mV | 5.2" | 39° | 89% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 119,823,742 | November 25, 2003 | 4:43 PM | 9.4 | | -0.4 mV | 5.3" | 41° | 88% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 118,569,960 | November 26, 2003 | 4:43 PM | 9.7 | | -0.4 mV | 5.3" | 43° | 87% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 117,256,089 | November 27, 2003 | 4:43 PM | 10.0 | | -0.5 mV | 5.4" | 44° | 86% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 115,881,168 | November 28, 2003 | 4:42 PM | 10.5 | | -0.5 mV | 5.5" | 46° | 85% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 114,444,282 | November 29, 2003 | 4:42 PM | 10.8 | | -0.5 mV | 5.5" | 48° | 83% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 112,944,583 | November 30, 2003 | 4:42 PM | 11.1 | | -0.5 mV | 5.6" | 50° | 82% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 111,381,329 | December 1, 2003 | 4:42 PM | 11.4 | | -0.5 mV | 5.7" | 52° | 80% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 109,753,921 | December 2, 2003 | 4:42 PM | 11.7 | | -0.5 mV | 5.8" | 55° | 79% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 108,061,961 | December 3, 2003 | 4:42 PM | 12.0 | | -0.5 mV | 5.9" | 57° | 77% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 106,305,311 | December 4, 2003 | 4:42 PM | 12.3 | | -0.5 mV | 6.0" | 60° | 75% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 104,484,177 | December 5, 2003 | 4:42 PM | 12.6 | | -0.5 mV | 6.1" | 62° | 73% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 102,599,202 | December 6, 2003 | 4:42 PM | 12.9 | | -0.5 mV | 6.2" | 65° | 71% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 100,651,584 | December 7, 2003 | 4:42 PM | 13.1 | | -0.5 mV | 6.3" | 68° | 69% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 98,643,207 | December 8, 2003 | 4:42 PM | 13.4 | | -0.5 mV | 6.5" | 71° | 66% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 96,576,809 | December 9, 2003 | 4:42 PM | 13.6 | | -0.5 mV | 6.6" | 75° | 63% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 94,456,166 | December 10, 2003 | 4:42 PM | 13.7 | | -0.5 mV | 6.8" | 78° | 60% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 92,286,306 | December 11, 2003 | 4:43 PM | 13.6 | | -0.5 mV | 6.9" | 82° | 57% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 90,073,753 | December 12, 2003 | 4:43 PM | 13.7 | | -0.4 mV | 7.1" | 86° | 53% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 87,826,793 | December 13, 2003 | 4:43 PM | 13.6 | | -0.4 mV | 7.3" | 90° | 50% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 85,555,758 | December 14, 2003 | 4:43 PM | 13.5 | | -0.3 mV | 7.5" | 95° | 46% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 83,273,316 | December 15, 2003 | 4:44 PM | 13.1 | | -0.2 mV | 7.7" | 100° | 41% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 80,994,739 | December 16, 2003 | 4:44 PM | 12.8 | | -0.0 mV | 7.9" | 105° | 37% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 78,738,139 | December 17, 2003 | 4:45 PM | 12.2 | | +0.1 mV | 8.2" | 110° | 33% | 17 | +0.0° NP | 76,524,603 | December 18, 2003 | 4:45 PM | 11.6 | | +0.4 mV | 8.4" | 116° | 28% | 15 | +0.0° NP | 74,378,204 | December 19, 2003 | 4:45 PM | 10.8 | | +0.7 mV | 8.7" | 122° | 23% | 14 | +0.0° NP | 72,325,805 | December 20, 2003 | 4:46 PM | 9.7 | | +1.0 mV | 8.9" | 129° | 19% | 12 | +0.0° NP | 70,396,609 | December 21, 2003 | 4:46 PM | 8.7 | | +1.5 mV | 9.1" | 135° | 14% | 9 | +0.0° NP | 68,621,379 | December 22, 2003 | 4:47 PM | 7.2 | | +2.0 mV | 9.3" | 142° | 11% | 7 | +0.0° NP | 67,031,320 | December 23, 2003 | 4:47 PM | 5.8 | | +2.7 mV | 9.5" | 149° | 7% | 5 | +0.0° NP | 65,656,610 | December 24, 2003 | 4:48 PM | 4.1 | | +3.5 mV | 9.7" | 156° | 4% | 3 | +0.0° NP | 64,524,686 | December 25, 2003 | 4:49 PM | 2.3 | | +4.3 mV | 9.8" | 163° | 2% | 2 | +0.0° NP | 63,658,421 | December 26, 2003 | 4:49 PM | 0.5 | | +999.0 mV | 9.9" | 170° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 63,074,439 | December 27, 2003 | 4:50 PM | -1.4 | | +999.0 mV | 10.0" | 173° | 0% | 0 | +0.0° NP | 62,781,812 | December 28, 2003 | 4:51 PM | -3.4 | | +5.1 mV | 10.0" | 169° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 62,781,372 | December 29, 2003 | 4:51 PM | -5.1 | | +4.3 mV | 9.9" | 163° | 2% | 2 | +0.0° NP | 63,065,765 | December 30, 2003 | 4:52 PM | -7.0 | | +3.5 mV | 9.8" | 156° | 4% | 3 | +0.0° NP | 63,620,235 |
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