Astronomy ❯ Celestial Bodies ❯ Planets

Mercury

Visibility Visibility in Twilight Stationary Points Observation Techniques Greatest Elongation August 2025 Visibility and Observations Conjunctions Observational Details Inferior Conjunction

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2mo ago

Crescent Moon Joins Venus, Jupiter and Mercury in a Low‑West Evening Planet Parade

Observers are advised to look about 30 to 60 minutes after sunset because the grouping is brightest then and will draw closer ahead of a June 9–11 Venus–Jupiter conjunction.

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5mo ago

Six-Planet Alignment Peaks Feb. 28 With Mercury Best Spotted This Weekend

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8mo ago

Saturn’s Close Pass With a Half‑Lit Moon Highlights Its Stationary Pause as Mercury Turns Direct

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10mo ago

October Night Sky: Saturn Takes the Evening Stage as Ceres, Comets and Orionids Highlight the Month

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11mo ago

Crescent Moon Joins Ongoing Six-Planet Pre-Dawn Parade

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last yr.

Earth’s Aphelion and Mercury’s Greatest Elongation Usher in July’s Night Sky Highlights