MERCURY
Will be an evening star during the month; it will have a direct motion of 12° 25′ 59″ up to the 17th, after which, to the end of the month, a retrograde motion of 5° 22′ 11″. On the 8th, at 2:00 a. m., will be at its greatest eastern elongation (19° 26′); on the 16th, at 11:55 a. m., will be 6° 21′ south of the moon; on the 17th, at 5:00 a. m., will be stationary; on 27th, at 10:00 p. m., will be in inferior conjunction with the sun—that is, will be between the earth and sun; and next day, at 1:00 p. m., will be 1° 42′ north of Venus. A few days before and after the 8th may be seen as a pale, light star, near the western horizon. Its times of rising and setting are as follows: On the 1st, rises at 6:21 a. m., sets at 7:51 p. m.; on the 16th, rises at 5:50 a. m., sets at 8:00 p. m.; on 30th, rises at 4:53 a. m., sets at 6:29 p. m. Diameter increases from 6.4″ to 11.8″.