For January 01 to December 31, 2018
  Eastern Time Zone (75° west of Greenwich)

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  GREATEST ELONGATIONS                  
   
  Planet             Date               Elongation    Mag.
                        d   h  m         °
  Mercury     2018 Jan  1  14 58 EST    22.7  West   -0.3
  Mercury     2018 Mar 15  11 10 EDT    18.4  East   -0.4
  Mercury     2018 Apr 29  14 24 EDT    27.0  West    0.4
  Mercury     2018 Jul 12   1 29 EDT    26.4  East    0.4
  Mercury     2018 Aug 26  16 34 EDT    18.3  West   -0.2
  Mercury     2018 Nov  6  10 32 EST    23.3  East   -0.3
  Mercury     2018 Dec 15   6 30 EST    21.3  West   -0.5

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  CONJUNCTIONS WITH SUN                          
                                               Geocentric
  Circumstance              Date           Ecliptic Longitude   Separation
                               d   h  m          °  '  "         °
  Mercury superior   2018 Feb 17   7:27 EST    328 47 13        1.98 South
  Mercury inferior   2018 Apr  1  13:53 EDT     11 56 51        2.84 North
  Mercury superior   2018 Jun  5  22:02 EDT     75 20 27        0.74 North
  Mercury inferior   2018 Aug  8  22:06 EDT    136 27 42        4.80 South
  Mercury superior   2018 Sep 20  21:52 EDT    178 02 36        1.50 North
  Mercury inferior   2018 Nov 27   4:15 EST    245 03 50        0.91 North

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