For January 01 to December 31, 2023 Eastern Time Zone, USA (75° west of Greenwich) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GREATEST ELONGATIONS Planet Date Time Elongation Mag d h m ° Mercury 2023 Jan 30 0 54 EST 25.0 West -0.1 Mercury 2023 Apr 11 18 10 EDT 19.5 East -0.1 Mercury 2023 May 29 1 34 EDT 24.9 West 0.5 Mercury 2023 Aug 9 21 47 EDT 27.4 East 0.2 Mercury 2023 Sep 22 9 16 EDT 17.9 West -0.5 Mercury 2023 Dec 4 9 28 EST 21.3 East -0.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONJUNCTIONS WITH SUN Geocentric Object Date Time Ecliptic Longitude Separation d h m ° ' " ° Mercury inferior 2023 Jan 7 7:57 EST 286 56 50 2.79 North Mercury superior 2023 Mar 17 6:45 EDT 356 34 22 1.47 South Mercury inferior 2023 May 1 19:28 EDT 41 19 48 0.70 North Mercury superior 2023 Jul 1 1:06 EDT 99 08 45 1.27 North Mercury inferior 2023 Sep 6 7:09 EDT 163 36 50 3.76 South Mercury superior 2023 Oct 20 1:38 EDT 206 34 20 0.79 North Mercury inferior 2023 Dec 22 13:54 EST 270 39 18 2.15 North ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Generated with the United States Naval Observatory’s MICA 2.2.2 software. Daylight Savings Time in 2023 begins on March 12 and ends on November 5.