For January 01 to December 31, 2022 Eastern Time Zone (75° west of Greenwich) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GREATEST ELONGATIONS Planet Date Elongation Mag d h m ° Mercury 2022 Jan 7 6 04 EST 19.2 East -0.7 Mercury 2022 Feb 16 16 07 EST 26.3 West 0.0 Mercury 2022 Apr 29 4 09 EDT 20.6 East 0.1 Mercury 2022 Jun 16 10 56 EDT 23.2 West 0.5 Mercury 2022 Aug 27 12 14 EDT 27.3 East 0.2 Mercury 2022 Oct 8 17 14 EDT 18.0 West -0.6 Mercury 2022 Dec 21 10 31 EST 20.1 East -0.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONJUNCTIONS WITH THE SUN Geocentric Circumstance Date Ecliptic Longitude Separation d h m ° ' " ° Mercury inferior 2022 Jan 23 5:28 EST 303 23 00 3.30 North Mercury superior 2022 Apr 2 19:11 EDT 13 11 09 1.04 South Mercury inferior 2022 May 21 15:18 EDT 60 43 06 1.24 South Mercury superior 2022 Jul 16 15:38 EDT 114 15 19 1.52 North Mercury inferior 2022 Sep 23 2:50 EDT 180 14 07 2.86 South Mercury superior 2022 Nov 8 11:43 EST 226 15 09 0.09 South ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Generated with the United States Naval Observatoy's MICA 2.2.2 software. Daylight Savings Time in 2022 begins on March 13 and ends on November 6.