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Greatest elongations of a planet happen periodically, with a greatest eastern elongation followed by a greatest western elongation, and vice versa. The period depends on the relative angular velocity of Earth and the planet, as seen from the Sun. The time it takes to complete this period is the synodic period of the planet.
Greatest eastern elongation Greatest brilliancy Stationary, then retrograde Inferior conjunction Stationary, then prograde Greatest brilliancy Greatest western elongation Superior conjunction March 29, 2004 - 46° May 3, 2004: May 18, 2004: June 8, 2004: June 29, 2004: July 13, 2004: August 17, 2004 - 45.8° March 31, 2005 November 3, 2005 - 47 ...
Venus at greatest eastern elongation: 13 January: Comet ATLAS at maximum brightness 13 January, 22:27: Full moon: 14 January, 03:43: Moon occults Mars: 16 January, 01:17:
Mercury at greatest eastern elongation: 16 April, 02:22: Moon at perigee: 19 April, 17:31: Moon occults Jupiter: 20 April, 04:18: New moon and hybrid solar eclipse: 23 April, 00:35: Lyrids peak 28 April, 00:43: Moon at apogee
Mercury at greatest eastern elongation: 17 November, 02:48: Uranus at opposition: 17 November, 12:01: Leonids peak 26 November, 11:56: Moon at apogee
The Hunter's supermoon rises on October 16, 2024 near Lancaster, California. The Hunter's Moon is the largest and brightest of four supermoons this year, reaching its nearest distance to the Earth ...
Venus at greatest eastern elongation: This page was last edited on 10 March 2020, at 08:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Mercury is at greatest eastern elongation: 3 November, 19:33: Venus is at greatest eastern elongation: 7 November, 08:20: Mars is at opposition (apparent magnitude –2.3) 16 November, 00:58: Full moon: 17 November: Leonids meteor shower: up to 20 meteors per hour