| Mercury Elongation Depiction | Evening Elongation of February 24, 2006 | | | | Feb 10 5:30 PM 8.9° alt | Feb 13 5:33 PM 11.2° alt | Feb 16 5:35 PM 13.5° alt | Feb 19 5:38 PM 15.3° alt | Feb 22 5:41 PM 16.5° alt | February 25, 2006 Sunset: 5:43 PM 16.9° alt | Feb 28 5:46 PM 15.9° alt | Mar 3 5:48 PM 13.8° alt | Mar 6 5:51 PM 10° alt | Mar 9 5:53 PM 5.1° alt | Mar 12 5:55 PM -0.5° alt | -1.2 mV 5.3" 93% illum
| -1.1 mV 5.54" 88% illum
| -1.1 mV 5.85" 80% illum
| -1.0 mV 6.26" 71% illum
| -0.8 mV 6.77" 59% illum
| -0.4 mV 7.4" 45% illum
| +0.2 mV 8.13" 31% illum
| +1.1 mV 8.93" 19% illum
| +2.4 mV 9.71" 9% illum
| +4.1 mV 10.38" 3% illum
| +999.0 mV 10.82" 1% illum
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| Date | Sunset | Alt at Sunset | Sets At | Magnitude | Diameter | Phase Angle | Illum | Illum Arcsec | Tilt | Distance | | February 4, 2006 | 5:25 PM | 4.9 | | -1.3 mV | 5.0" | 16° | 98% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 125,628,703 | February 5, 2006 | 5:26 PM | 5.7 | | -1.3 mV | 5.0" | 18° | 98% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 124,599,597 | February 6, 2006 | 5:27 PM | 6.5 | | -1.3 mV | 5.1" | 21° | 97% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 123,483,432 | February 7, 2006 | 5:28 PM | 7.3 | | -1.3 mV | 5.1" | 23° | 96% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 122,276,978 | February 8, 2006 | 5:29 PM | 8.1 | | -1.2 mV | 5.2" | 26° | 95% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 120,977,063 | February 9, 2006 | 5:30 PM | 8.9 | | -1.2 mV | 5.2" | 28° | 94% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 119,580,666 | February 10, 2006 | 5:31 PM | 9.6 | | -1.2 mV | 5.3" | 31° | 93% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 118,085,025 | February 11, 2006 | 5:32 PM | 10.4 | | -1.2 mV | 5.4" | 34° | 91% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 116,487,773 | February 12, 2006 | 5:33 PM | 11.2 | | -1.1 mV | 5.5" | 38° | 90% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 114,787,096 | February 13, 2006 | 5:34 PM | 11.9 | | -1.1 mV | 5.5" | 41° | 88% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 112,981,914 | February 14, 2006 | 5:34 PM | 12.8 | | -1.1 mV | 5.6" | 45° | 86% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 111,072,089 | February 15, 2006 | 5:35 PM | 13.5 | | -1.1 mV | 5.7" | 48° | 83% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 109,058,641 | February 16, 2006 | 5:36 PM | 14.2 | | -1.1 mV | 5.9" | 52° | 80% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 106,943,981 | February 17, 2006 | 5:37 PM | 14.8 | | -1.0 mV | 6.0" | 57° | 77% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 104,732,127 | February 18, 2006 | 5:38 PM | 15.3 | | -1.0 mV | 6.1" | 61° | 74% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 102,428,905 | February 19, 2006 | 5:39 PM | 15.8 | | -1.0 mV | 6.3" | 66° | 71% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 100,042,113 | February 20, 2006 | 5:40 PM | 16.2 | | -0.9 mV | 6.4" | 70° | 67% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 97,581,607 | February 21, 2006 | 5:41 PM | 16.5 | | -0.8 mV | 6.6" | 75° | 63% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 95,059,332 | February 22, 2006 | 5:42 PM | 16.7 | | -0.8 mV | 6.8" | 80° | 59% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 92,489,237 | February 23, 2006 | 5:42 PM | 16.9 | | -0.7 mV | 7.0" | 85° | 54% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 89,887,113 | February 24, 2006 | 5:43 PM | 16.9 | | -0.6 mV | 7.2" | 90° | 50% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 87,270,323 | February 25, 2006 | 5:44 PM | 16.7 | | -0.4 mV | 7.4" | 96° | 45% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 84,657,463 | February 26, 2006 | 5:45 PM | 16.4 | | -0.3 mV | 7.6" | 101° | 40% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 82,067,958 | February 27, 2006 | 5:46 PM | 15.9 | | -0.1 mV | 7.9" | 106° | 36% | 17 | +0.0° NP | 79,521,636 | February 28, 2006 | 5:47 PM | 15.3 | | +0.2 mV | 8.1" | 112° | 31% | 16 | +0.0° NP | 77,038,288 | March 1, 2006 | 5:47 PM | 14.7 | | +0.5 mV | 8.4" | 117° | 27% | 15 | +0.0° NP | 74,637,257 | March 2, 2006 | 5:48 PM | 13.8 | | +0.8 mV | 8.7" | 123° | 23% | 13 | +0.0° NP | 72,337,050 | March 3, 2006 | 5:49 PM | 12.7 | | +1.1 mV | 8.9" | 128° | 19% | 12 | +0.0° NP | 70,154,998 | March 4, 2006 | 5:50 PM | 11.4 | | +1.5 mV | 9.2" | 134° | 15% | 10 | +0.0° NP | 68,106,964 | March 5, 2006 | 5:51 PM | 10.0 | | +1.9 mV | 9.5" | 139° | 12% | 8 | +0.0° NP | 66,207,078 | March 6, 2006 | 5:51 PM | 8.6 | | +2.4 mV | 9.7" | 145° | 9% | 7 | +0.0° NP | 64,467,530 | March 7, 2006 | 5:52 PM | 6.9 | | +3.0 mV | 9.9" | 150° | 7% | 5 | +0.0° NP | 62,898,389 | March 8, 2006 | 5:53 PM | 5.1 | | +3.5 mV | 10.2" | 155° | 5% | 4 | +0.0° NP | 61,507,459 | March 9, 2006 | 5:54 PM | 3.3 | | +4.1 mV | 10.4" | 160° | 3% | 2 | +0.0° NP | 60,300,183 | March 10, 2006 | 5:55 PM | 1.3 | | +4.7 mV | 10.6" | 165° | 2% | 2 | +0.0° NP | 59,279,592 | March 11, 2006 | 5:55 PM | -0.5 | | +5.2 mV | 10.7" | 169° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 58,446,311 | March 12, 2006 | 5:56 PM | -2.5 | | +999.0 mV | 10.8" | 171° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 57,798,636 | March 13, 2006 | 5:57 PM | -4.5 | | +999.0 mV | 10.9" | 170° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 57,332,678 | March 14, 2006 | 5:58 PM | -6.5 | | +5.1 mV | 11.0" | 167° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 57,042,572 | March 15, 2006 | 5:58 PM | -8.3 | | +4.6 mV | 11.0" | 163° | 2% | 2 | +0.0° NP | 56,920,755 | March 16, 2006 | 5:59 PM | -10.2 | | +4.1 mV | 11.0" | 159° | 3% | 3 | +0.0° NP | 56,958,273 | March 17, 2006 | 6:00 PM | -12.0 | | +3.6 mV | 10.9" | 155° | 5% | 4 | +0.0° NP | 57,145,128 |
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