| Mercury Elongation Depiction | Evening Elongation of December 18, 2009 | | | | Dec 4 4:33 PM 8.9° alt | Dec 7 4:33 PM 10.1° alt | Dec 10 4:33 PM 11.4° alt | Dec 13 4:33 PM 12.5° alt | Dec 16 4:33 PM 13.5° alt | December 19, 2009 Sunset: 4:33 PM 14.3° alt | Dec 22 4:33 PM 14.4° alt | Dec 25 4:33 PM 14° alt | Dec 28 4:33 PM 12.1° alt | Dec 31 4:33 PM 8.8° alt | Jan 3 4:33 PM 3.8° alt | -0.5 mV 5.23" 89% illum
| -0.5 mV 5.42" 86% illum
| -0.6 mV 5.65" 82% illum
| -0.6 mV 5.94" 76% illum
| -0.6 mV 6.3" 70% illum
| -0.6 mV 6.75" 61% illum
| -0.4 mV 7.3" 49% illum
| -0.0 mV 7.95" 36% illum
| +0.7 mV 8.68" 22% illum
| +2.2 mV 9.38" 10% illum
| +4.5 mV 9.87" 2% illum
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| Date | Sunset | Alt at Sunset | Sets At | Magnitude | Diameter | Phase Angle | Illum | Illum Arcsec | Tilt | Distance | | November 28, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 7.1 | | -0.6 mV | 5.0" | 29° | 94% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 126,284,893 | November 29, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 7.4 | | -0.6 mV | 5.0" | 30° | 93% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 125,323,931 | November 30, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 7.8 | | -0.5 mV | 5.0" | 32° | 93% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 124,304,785 | December 1, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 8.2 | | -0.5 mV | 5.1" | 33° | 92% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 123,226,421 | December 2, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 8.5 | | -0.5 mV | 5.1" | 35° | 91% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 122,087,750 | December 3, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 8.9 | | -0.5 mV | 5.2" | 36° | 90% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 120,887,639 | December 4, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 9.3 | | -0.5 mV | 5.2" | 38° | 89% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 119,624,917 | December 5, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 9.7 | | -0.5 mV | 5.3" | 40° | 88% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 118,298,394 | December 6, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 10.1 | | -0.5 mV | 5.4" | 42° | 87% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 116,906,883 | December 7, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 10.6 | | -0.5 mV | 5.4" | 44° | 86% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 115,449,225 | December 8, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 11.0 | | -0.5 mV | 5.5" | 46° | 85% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 113,924,328 | December 9, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 11.4 | | -0.6 mV | 5.6" | 48° | 83% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 112,331,206 | December 10, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 11.7 | | -0.6 mV | 5.7" | 50° | 82% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 110,669,038 | December 11, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 12.1 | | -0.6 mV | 5.7" | 53° | 80% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 108,937,231 | December 12, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 12.5 | | -0.6 mV | 5.8" | 55° | 78% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 107,135,499 | December 13, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 12.9 | | -0.6 mV | 5.9" | 58° | 76% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 105,263,957 | December 14, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 13.1 | | -0.6 mV | 6.1" | 61° | 74% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 103,323,238 | December 15, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 13.5 | | -0.6 mV | 6.2" | 64° | 72% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 101,314,625 | December 16, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 13.8 | | -0.6 mV | 6.3" | 67° | 70% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 99,240,212 | December 17, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 14.0 | | -0.6 mV | 6.4" | 70° | 67% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 97,103,093 | December 18, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 14.3 | | -0.6 mV | 6.6" | 74° | 64% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 94,907,569 | December 19, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 14.3 | | -0.6 mV | 6.8" | 78° | 61% | 22 | +0.0° NP | 92,659,393 | December 20, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 14.5 | | -0.5 mV | 6.9" | 82° | 57% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 90,366,035 | December 21, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 14.4 | | -0.5 mV | 7.1" | 86° | 53% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 88,036,959 | December 22, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 14.4 | | -0.4 mV | 7.3" | 91° | 49% | 21 | +0.0° NP | 85,683,912 | December 23, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 14.2 | | -0.3 mV | 7.5" | 95° | 45% | 20 | +0.0° NP | 83,321,195 | December 24, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 14.0 | | -0.2 mV | 7.7" | 101° | 41% | 19 | +0.0° NP | 80,965,896 | December 25, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 13.4 | | -0.0 mV | 8.0" | 106° | 36% | 18 | +0.0° NP | 78,638,044 | December 26, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 12.8 | | +0.2 mV | 8.2" | 112° | 32% | 17 | +0.0° NP | 76,360,635 | December 27, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 12.1 | | +0.4 mV | 8.4" | 118° | 27% | 15 | +0.0° NP | 74,159,494 | December 28, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 11.2 | | +0.7 mV | 8.7" | 124° | 22% | 13 | +0.0° NP | 72,062,887 | December 29, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 10.0 | | +1.1 mV | 8.9" | 130° | 18% | 11 | +0.0° NP | 70,100,863 | December 30, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 8.8 | | +1.6 mV | 9.2" | 137° | 13% | 9 | +0.0° NP | 68,304,274 | December 31, 2009 | 4:33 PM | 7.3 | | +2.2 mV | 9.4" | 144° | 10% | 7 | +0.0° NP | 66,703,485 | January 1, 2010 | 4:33 PM | 5.6 | | +2.9 mV | 9.6" | 151° | 6% | 4 | +0.0° NP | 65,326,826 | January 2, 2010 | 4:33 PM | 3.8 | | +3.7 mV | 9.7" | 158° | 4% | 3 | +0.0° NP | 64,198,921 | January 3, 2010 | 4:33 PM | 2.0 | | +4.5 mV | 9.9" | 165° | 2% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 63,339,050 | January 4, 2010 | 4:33 PM | 0.0 | | +999.0 mV | 10.0" | 170° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 62,759,800 | January 5, 2010 | 4:33 PM | -2.0 | | +999.0 mV | 10.0" | 171° | 1% | 0 | +0.0° NP | 62,466,184 | January 6, 2010 | 4:33 PM | -4.1 | | +4.8 mV | 10.0" | 167° | 1% | 1 | +0.0° NP | 62,455,402 | January 7, 2010 | 4:33 PM | -6.0 | | +4.1 mV | 10.0" | 161° | 3% | 2 | +0.0° NP | 62,717,271 | January 8, 2010 | 4:33 PM | -7.8 | | +3.3 mV | 9.9" | 155° | 5% | 4 | +0.0° NP | 63,235,251 |
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