For January 01 to December 31, 2026
  Eastern Time Zone, USA (75° west of Greenwich)

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 GREATEST ELONGATIONS

   Planet             Date               Elongation    Mag.
                         d   h  m          °
   Mercury     2026 Feb 19  12 41 EST    18.1  East   -0.6
   Mercury     2026 Apr  3  18 34 EDT    27.8  West    0.2
   Mercury     2026 Jun 15  16 00 EDT    24.5  East    0.4
   Mercury     2026 Aug  2   4 07 EDT    19.5  West    0.1
   Mercury     2026 Oct 12   6 03 EDT    25.2  East   -0.1
   Mercury     2026 Nov 20  18 31 EST    19.6  West   -0.6

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 CONJUNCTIONS WITH THE SUN
                                                Geocentric
  Object                    Date            Ecliptic Longitude    Separation
                               d   h  m           °  '  "          °
  Mercury superior   2026 Jan 21  10 49 EST     301 36 53         2.05 South
  Mercury inferior   2026 Mar  7  07 02 EDT     346 52 43         3.64 North
  Mercury superior   2026 May 14  10 24 EDT      53 48 24         0.15 North
  Mercury inferior   2026 Jul 12  21 26 EDT     110 42 08         4.84 South
  Mercury superior   2026 Aug 27  13 04 EDT     154 26 59         1.75 North
  Mercury inferior   2026 Nov  4   9 24 EST     222 10 51         0.37 South

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Generated with the United States Naval Observatory’s MICA 2.2.2 software.

Daylight Saving Time in 2026 begins on March 8 and ends on November 1.