For January 01 to December 31, 2024 Eastern Time Zone, USA (75° west of Greenwich) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GREATEST ELONGATIONS Planet Date Time Elongation Mag d h m ° Mercury 2024 Jan 12 9 37 EST 23.5 West -0.3 Mercury 2024 Mar 24 18 34 EDT 18.7 East -0.3 Mercury 2024 May 9 17 29 EDT 26.4 West 0.4 Mercury 2024 Jul 22 2 39 EDT 26.9 East 0.3 Mercury 2024 Sep 4 22 30 EDT 18.1 West -0.3 Mercury 2024 Nov 16 3 09 EST 22.5 East -0.3 Mercury 2024 Dec 24 21 30 EST 22.0 West -0.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONJUNCTIONS WITH SUN Geocentric Object Date Time Ecliptic Longitude Separation d h m ° ' " ° Mercury inferior 2024 Feb 28 3:43 EST 339 14 46 1.83 South Mercury superior 2024 Apr 11 19:03 EDT 22 32 20 2.22 North Mercury inferior 2024 Jun 14 12:33 EDT 84 06 06 0.95 North Mercury superior 2024 Aug 18 21:58 EDT 146 35 36 4.51 South Mercury inferior 2024 Sep 30 17:09 EDT 188 11 29 1.30 North Mercury superior 2024 Dec 05 21:18 EST 254 27 02 1.39 North ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Generated with the United States Naval Observatory’s MICA 2.2.2 software. Daylight Saving Time in 2024 begins on March 10 and ends on November 3.