🔭 Event IN 33 DAYS · 21.11

Mercury at greatest western elongation

The best chance to catch elusive Mercury: it reaches its greatest apparent distance from the Sun. Look low above the southeastern horizon before dawn.

Mercury at greatest western elongation
International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

At a glance

Date
When to watch
6:15–7 a.m., in the pre-dawn twilight
Where to look
Low above the south-eastern horizon
What you need
Naked eye
Event type
Event
Data source
in-the-sky.org ↗

Date given in Kyiv time.

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