Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening)
Exact moment (showing UTC)
- Planet
- Mercury
- Brightness
- magnitude 0.0
- Elongation
- 19.1° from the Sun
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What is happening
Mercury reaches its greatest angular distance east of the Sun, 19°, and is at its best in the evening sky after sunset.
Positions come from the JPL approximate planetary elements and are good to a few arcminutes; timings are accurate to within an hour or so.