Mercury and Jupiter close together

Saturday, December 28, 2030

Exact moment (showing UTC)

Sat, Dec 28, 2030, 10:04 UTC

Choose a location to see whether Mercury is up from your city around this time.

What is happening

Mercury and Jupiter appear only 2.6° apart, close enough to fit in the same binocular field. Look in the direction of the brighter planet.

Positions come from the JPL approximate planetary elements and are good to a few arcminutes; timings are accurate to within an hour or so.