| Mercury Elongation Depiction | Evening Elongation of January 4, 2009 | | | | Dec 21 4:46 PM 9.2° alt | Dec 24 4:48 PM 10.6° alt | Dec 27 4:50 PM 12.1° alt | Dec 30 4:52 PM 13.5° alt | Jan 2 4:54 PM 14.7° alt | January 5, 2009 Sunset: 4:56 PM 15.6° alt | Jan 8 4:59 PM 15.5° alt | Jan 11 5:01 PM 14.5° alt | Jan 14 5:04 PM 11.8° alt | Jan 17 5:07 PM 7.4° alt | Jan 20 5:10 PM 1.6° alt | -0.7 mV 5.22" 91% illum
| -0.7 mV 5.42" 87% illum
| -0.7 mV 5.67" 82% illum
| -0.7 mV 5.99" 76% illum
| -0.7 mV 6.39" 68% illum
| -0.6 mV 6.89" 58% illum
| -0.4 mV 7.5" 45% illum
| +0.2 mV 8.22" 30% illum
| +1.3 mV 8.98" 16% illum
| +3.1 mV 9.66" 6% illum
| +5.2 mV 10.08" 1% illum
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| Date | Sunset | Alt at Sunset | Sets At | Magnitude | Diameter | Phase Angle | Illum | Illum Arcsec | Tilt | Distance | | December 15, 2008 | 4:44 PM | 6.7 | | -0.7 mV | 4.9" | 25° | 95% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 126,798,222 | December 16, 2008 | 4:44 PM | 7.2 | | -0.7 mV | 5.0" | 27° | 95% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 125,803,339 | December 17, 2008 | 4:45 PM | 7.6 | | -0.7 mV | 5.0" | 28° | 94% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 124,744,164 | December 18, 2008 | 4:45 PM | 8.2 | | -0.7 mV | 5.1" | 30° | 93% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 123,619,177 | December 19, 2008 | 4:46 PM | 8.6 | | -0.7 mV | 5.1" | 32° | 93% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 122,426,798 | December 20, 2008 | 4:46 PM | 9.2 | | -0.7 mV | 5.2" | 34° | 92% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 121,165,407 | December 21, 2008 | 4:47 PM | 9.6 | | -0.7 mV | 5.2" | 36° | 91% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 119,833,365 | December 22, 2008 | 4:47 PM | 10.2 | | -0.7 mV | 5.3" | 38° | 90% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 118,429,043 | December 23, 2008 | 4:48 PM | 10.6 | | -0.7 mV | 5.4" | 40° | 88% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 116,950,856 | December 24, 2008 | 4:48 PM | 11.2 | | -0.7 mV | 5.4" | 42° | 87% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 115,397,312 | December 25, 2008 | 4:49 PM | 11.7 | | -0.7 mV | 5.5" | 44° | 86% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 113,767,059 | December 26, 2008 | 4:50 PM | 12.1 | | -0.7 mV | 5.6" | 47° | 84% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 112,058,962 | December 27, 2008 | 4:50 PM | 12.7 | | -0.7 mV | 5.7" | 49° | 82% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 110,272,185 | December 28, 2008 | 4:51 PM | 13.1 | | -0.7 mV | 5.8" | 52° | 81% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 108,406,292 | December 29, 2008 | 4:52 PM | 13.5 | | -0.7 mV | 5.9" | 55° | 79% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 106,461,371 | December 30, 2008 | 4:52 PM | 14.1 | | -0.7 mV | 6.0" | 58° | 76% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 104,438,184 | December 31, 2008 | 4:53 PM | 14.4 | | -0.7 mV | 6.1" | 62° | 74% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 102,338,337 | January 1, 2009 | 4:54 PM | 14.7 | | -0.7 mV | 6.2" | 65° | 71% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 100,164,481 | January 2, 2009 | 4:55 PM | 15.0 | | -0.7 mV | 6.4" | 69° | 68% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 97,920,508 | January 3, 2009 | 4:56 PM | 15.2 | | -0.7 mV | 6.5" | 73° | 65% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 95,611,906 | January 4, 2009 | 4:56 PM | 15.6 | | -0.7 mV | 6.7" | 77° | 61% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 93,245,867 | January 5, 2009 | 4:57 PM | 15.6 | | -0.6 mV | 6.9" | 81° | 58% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 90,831,664 | January 6, 2009 | 4:58 PM | 15.6 | | -0.6 mV | 7.1" | 86° | 53% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 88,380,885 | January 7, 2009 | 4:59 PM | 15.5 | | -0.5 mV | 7.3" | 91° | 49% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 85,907,666 | January 8, 2009 | 5:00 PM | 15.2 | | -0.4 mV | 7.5" | 96° | 45% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 83,428,863 | January 9, 2009 | 5:01 PM | 14.8 | | -0.2 mV | 7.7" | 102° | 40% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 80,964,133 | January 10, 2009 | 5:01 PM | 14.5 | | -0.1 mV | 8.0" | 107° | 35% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 78,535,878 | January 11, 2009 | 5:02 PM | 13.8 | | +0.2 mV | 8.2" | 113° | 30% | 16 | +0.0° NP | 76,169,025 | January 12, 2009 | 5:03 PM | 12.9 | | +0.5 mV | 8.5" | 119° | 26% | 14 | +0.0° NP | 73,890,604 | January 13, 2009 | 5:04 PM | 11.8 | | +0.8 mV | 8.7" | 126° | 21% | 12 | +0.0° NP | 71,729,092 | January 14, 2009 | 5:05 PM | 10.5 | | +1.3 mV | 9.0" | 132° | 16% | 10 | +0.0° NP | 69,713,541 | January 15, 2009 | 5:06 PM | 9.0 | | +1.8 mV | 9.2" | 139° | 12% | 8 | +0.0° NP | 67,872,478 | January 16, 2009 | 5:07 PM | 7.4 | | +2.4 mV | 9.4" | 146° | 9% | 6 | +0.0° NP | 66,232,655 | January 17, 2009 | 5:08 PM | 5.5 | | +3.0 mV | 9.7" | 152° | 6% | 4 | +0.0° NP | 64,817,722 | January 18, 2009 | 5:09 PM | 3.6 | | +3.8 mV | 9.8" | 159° | 3% | 3 | +0.0° NP | 63,646,945 | January 19, 2009 | 5:10 PM | 1.6 | | +4.5 mV | 10.0" | 165° | 2% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 62,734,117 | January 20, 2009 | 5:11 PM | -0.5 | | +5.1 mV | 10.1" | 169° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 62,086,792 | January 21, 2009 | 5:12 PM | -2.7 | | +999.0 mV | 10.1" | 170° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 61,705,966 | January 22, 2009 | 5:13 PM | -4.8 | | +4.7 mV | 10.2" | 166° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 61,586,238 | January 23, 2009 | 5:14 PM | -6.9 | | +4.1 mV | 10.1" | 161° | 3% | 2 | +0.0° NP | 61,716,442 | January 24, 2009 | 5:15 PM | -8.9 | | +3.4 mV | 10.1" | 155° | 5% | 4 | +0.0° NP | 62,080,636 | January 25, 2009 | 5:16 PM | -10.8 | | +2.8 mV | 10.0" | 149° | 7% | 6 | +0.0° NP | 62,659,321 |
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