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Morning Sky Apparition of Mercury – April/May 2002

Greatest Elongation West On May 4th at 21°

Info Sheet: Mercury, Venus, Saturn and the Moon in the western evening sky during April and May 2002

		MERCURY		MOON		VENUS
DATE	TIME (BST)	ALTITUDE °	AZIMUTH °	ALTITUDE °	AZIMUTH °	ALTITUDE °	AZIMUTH °	ALTITUDE °	AZIMUTH °
April 16th	20hr:53m	2.6	291	*	*	*	*	*	*
April 21st	21hr:03m	6.8	292	*	*	12.7	286	*	*
April 26th	21hr:13m	9.6	293	*	*	*	*	*	*
May 1st	21hr:24m	10.8	294	*	*	13.7	289	*	*
May 6th	21hr:34m	10.2	297	*	*	*	*	*	*
May 11th	21hr:44m	7.8	300	*	*	14.1	292	*	*
May 14th	21hr:50m	5.7	303	11.8	293	*	*	*	*
May 16th	21hr:54m	3.8	305	*	*	*	*	*	*

Liverpool Astronomical Society

Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 142 years of astronomy

Morning Sky Apparition of Mercury – April/May 2002

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