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Greatest Elongation West On August 31st at 18°.
Diagram of Morning Sky Apparition of Mercury – August/September 1998
| MERCURY | VENUS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DATE | TIME (BST) | ALTITUDE ° | AZIMUTH ° | ALTITUDE ° | AZIMUTH ° | |
| August 24th | 05h:22m | 4.2 | 72 | 7.6 | 71 | |
| August 29th | 05h:30m | 7.9 | 76 | 7.6 | 74 | |
| September 3rd | 05h:42m | 8.7 | 78 | 6.2 | 75 | |
| September 8th | 05h:51m | 7.2 | 79 | 5.9 | 78 | |
| September 13th | 06h:00m | 4.1 | 80 | 4.2 | 79 |