| Mercury Elongation Depiction | Evening Elongation of March 12, 2005 | | | | Feb 26 5:44 PM 8.4° alt | Mar 1 5:47 PM 10.9° alt | Mar 4 5:49 PM 13.4° alt | Mar 7 5:52 PM 15.3° alt | Mar 10 5:54 PM 16.7° alt | March 13, 2005 Sunset: 5:56 PM 17.2° alt | Mar 16 5:59 PM 16.4° alt | Mar 19 6:01 PM 14.5° alt | Mar 22 6:03 PM 11.4° alt | Mar 25 6:05 PM 7.2° alt | Mar 28 6:08 PM 2° alt | -1.3 mV 5.32" 93% illum
| -1.2 mV 5.56" 88% illum
| -1.1 mV 5.88" 80% illum
| -1.0 mV 6.29" 69% illum
| -0.7 mV 6.81" 57% illum
| -0.3 mV 7.44" 44% illum
| +0.3 mV 8.16" 31% illum
| +1.1 mV 8.96" 20% illum
| +2.3 mV 9.75" 11% illum
| +3.7 mV 10.47" 4% illum
| +5.3 mV 11.02" 1% illum
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| Date | Sunset | Alt at Sunset | Sets At | Magnitude | Diameter | Phase Angle | Illum | Illum Arcsec | Tilt | Distance | | February 20, 2005 | 5:40 PM | 4.0 | | -1.5 mV | 5.0" | 13° | 99% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 125,065,943 | February 21, 2005 | 5:41 PM | 4.8 | | -1.5 mV | 5.0" | 16° | 98% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 124,090,824 | February 22, 2005 | 5:42 PM | 5.7 | | -1.5 mV | 5.1" | 18° | 98% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 123,020,408 | February 23, 2005 | 5:43 PM | 6.5 | | -1.4 mV | 5.1" | 21° | 97% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 121,850,912 | February 24, 2005 | 5:43 PM | 7.6 | | -1.4 mV | 5.2" | 24° | 96% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 120,578,759 | February 25, 2005 | 5:44 PM | 8.4 | | -1.4 mV | 5.3" | 27° | 95% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 119,200,710 | February 26, 2005 | 5:45 PM | 9.3 | | -1.3 mV | 5.3" | 30° | 93% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 117,714,032 | February 27, 2005 | 5:46 PM | 10.1 | | -1.3 mV | 5.4" | 34° | 92% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 116,116,678 | February 28, 2005 | 5:47 PM | 10.9 | | -1.2 mV | 5.5" | 37° | 90% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 114,407,500 | March 1, 2005 | 5:48 PM | 11.7 | | -1.2 mV | 5.6" | 41° | 88% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 112,586,468 | March 2, 2005 | 5:48 PM | 12.7 | | -1.2 mV | 5.7" | 45° | 85% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 110,654,893 | March 3, 2005 | 5:49 PM | 13.4 | | -1.1 mV | 5.8" | 49° | 83% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 108,615,641 | March 4, 2005 | 5:50 PM | 14.1 | | -1.1 mV | 5.9" | 53° | 80% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 106,473,317 | March 5, 2005 | 5:51 PM | 14.7 | | -1.1 mV | 6.0" | 58° | 77% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 104,234,397 | March 6, 2005 | 5:52 PM | 15.3 | | -1.0 mV | 6.1" | 62° | 73% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 101,907,301 | March 7, 2005 | 5:52 PM | 16.0 | | -1.0 mV | 6.3" | 67° | 69% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 99,502,374 | March 8, 2005 | 5:53 PM | 16.4 | | -0.9 mV | 6.5" | 72° | 65% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 97,031,790 | March 9, 2005 | 5:54 PM | 16.7 | | -0.8 mV | 6.6" | 77° | 61% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 94,509,353 | March 10, 2005 | 5:55 PM | 16.9 | | -0.7 mV | 6.8" | 82° | 57% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 91,950,227 | March 11, 2005 | 5:56 PM | 17.0 | | -0.6 mV | 7.0" | 87° | 53% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 89,370,604 | March 12, 2005 | 5:56 PM | 17.2 | | -0.5 mV | 7.2" | 92° | 48% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 86,787,332 | March 13, 2005 | 5:57 PM | 17.0 | | -0.3 mV | 7.4" | 97° | 44% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 84,217,539 | March 14, 2005 | 5:58 PM | 16.8 | | -0.2 mV | 7.7" | 102° | 40% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 81,678,269 | March 15, 2005 | 5:59 PM | 16.4 | | +0.0 mV | 7.9" | 107° | 35% | 17 | +0.0° NP | 79,186,165 | March 16, 2005 | 5:59 PM | 16.0 | | +0.3 mV | 8.2" | 112° | 31% | 16 | +0.0° NP | 76,757,194 | March 17, 2005 | 6:00 PM | 15.3 | | +0.5 mV | 8.4" | 117° | 27% | 15 | +0.0° NP | 74,406,437 | March 18, 2005 | 6:01 PM | 14.5 | | +0.8 mV | 8.7" | 122° | 24% | 14 | +0.0° NP | 72,147,927 | March 19, 2005 | 6:02 PM | 13.5 | | +1.1 mV | 8.9" | 127° | 20% | 13 | +0.0° NP | 69,994,539 | March 20, 2005 | 6:02 PM | 12.7 | | +1.4 mV | 9.2" | 132° | 17% | 11 | +0.0° NP | 67,957,910 | March 21, 2005 | 6:03 PM | 11.4 | | +1.8 mV | 9.5" | 137° | 14% | 10 | +0.0° NP | 66,048,394 | March 22, 2005 | 6:04 PM | 10.1 | | +2.2 mV | 9.7" | 142° | 11% | 8 | +0.0° NP | 64,275,013 | March 23, 2005 | 6:05 PM | 8.6 | | +2.7 mV | 10.0" | 146° | 8% | 7 | +0.0° NP | 62,645,431 | March 24, 2005 | 6:05 PM | 7.2 | | +3.1 mV | 10.2" | 151° | 6% | 5 | +0.0° NP | 61,165,920 | March 25, 2005 | 6:06 PM | 5.5 | | +3.7 mV | 10.5" | 156° | 4% | 4 | +0.0° NP | 59,841,323 | March 26, 2005 | 6:07 PM | 3.8 | | +4.2 mV | 10.7" | 160° | 3% | 3 | +0.0° NP | 58,675,033 | March 27, 2005 | 6:08 PM | 2.0 | | +4.8 mV | 10.8" | 165° | 2% | 2 | +0.0° NP | 57,668,966 | March 28, 2005 | 6:08 PM | 0.3 | | +5.3 mV | 11.0" | 169° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 56,823,562 | March 29, 2005 | 6:09 PM | -1.6 | | +999.0 mV | 11.1" | 172° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 56,137,809 | March 30, 2005 | 6:10 PM | -3.4 | | +999.0 mV | 11.3" | 173° | 0% | 0 | +0.0° NP | 55,609,293 | March 31, 2005 | 6:11 PM | -5.3 | | +999.0 mV | 11.3" | 171° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 55,234,291 | April 1, 2005 | 6:11 PM | -7.0 | | +5.3 mV | 11.4" | 168° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 55,007,897 | April 2, 2005 | 6:12 PM | -21.1 | | +4.8 mV | 11.4" | 164° | 2% | 2 | +0.0° NP | 54,924,174 |
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