{"id":753,"date":"2012-02-18T01:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=753"},"modified":"2012-02-10T22:54:14","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T08:54:14","slug":"mercury-in-the-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=753","title":{"rendered":"Mercury in the Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercury is beginning an evening apparition this week. Look directly above the sunset for a starlike object shining at -1.2 magnitude<\/a>. The planet will be over 10° from the Sun today, rising a little further each day until maximum elongation<\/a> on March 5th.<\/p>\n

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Mercury Events for 2012<\/h4>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/th>\nDate UT<\/th>\nDate HST<\/th>\nSeparation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Superior Conjunction<\/td>\nFeb 7 <\/td>\n08:54UT<\/td>\nFeb 6 <\/td>\n22:54HST<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum Elongation <\/td>\nMar 5 <\/td>\n08:59UT<\/td>\nMar 4 <\/td>\n22:59HST<\/td>\n18.2\u00b0E<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inferior Conjunction<\/td>\nMar 21 <\/td>\n19:19UT<\/td>\nMar 21 <\/td>\n09:19HST<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum Elongation <\/td>\nApr 18 <\/td>\n16:59UT<\/td>\nApr 18 <\/td>\n06:59HST<\/td>\n27.5\u00b0W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Superior Conjunction<\/td>\nMay 27 <\/td>\n11:14UT<\/td>\nMay 27 <\/td>\n01:14HST<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum Elongation <\/td>\nJuly 1 <\/td>\n01:59UT<\/td>\nJun 30 <\/td>\n15:59HST<\/td>\n25.7\u00b0E<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inferior Conjunction<\/td>\nJul 28 <\/td>\n19:54UT<\/td>\nJul 28 <\/td>\n09:54HST<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum Elongation <\/td>\nAug 16 <\/td>\n11:59UT<\/td>\nAug 16 <\/td>\n01:59HST<\/td>\n18.7\u00b0W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Superior Conjunction<\/td>\nSep 10 <\/td>\n12:37UT<\/td>\nSep 10 <\/td>\n02:37HST<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum Elongation <\/td>\nOct 26 <\/td>\n21:59UT<\/td>\nOct 26 <\/td>\n11:59HST<\/td>\n24.1\u00b0E<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inferior Conjunction<\/td>\nNov 17 <\/td>\n15:42UT<\/td>\nNov 17 <\/td>\n05:42HST<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum Elongation <\/td>\nDec 4 <\/td>\n22:59UT<\/td>\nDec 4 <\/td>\n12:59HST<\/td>\n20.6\u00b0W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Source: NASA Sky Calendar<\/a> and the Mercury Chaser’s Calculator<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Mercury is beginning an evening apparition this week. Look directly above the sunset for a starlike object shining at -1.2 magnitude. The planet will be over 10° from the Sun today, rising a little further each day until maximum elongation on March 5th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[45],"tags":[92],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}