Where is Mercury tonight?
Mercury is too close to the Sun to see at the moment, only 11° away from it in the sky.
- Brightness
- modestmagnitude 1.9
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 110 million kmits light left 6 minutes ago
- Greatest morning elongation
- 20 November 202620° from the Sun
How to recognise Mercury
The shy one. Mercury never strays far from the Sun, so it only appears low in the twilight for a week or two at a time. Look for a lone, fairly bright point close to the horizon about 40 minutes after sunset or before sunrise. If the sky is fully dark, you've missed it. Binoculars help you find it, then your eyes can take over.
Most people have never knowingly seen Mercury, even though it can be as bright as the brightest stars. Greatest elongation is when Mercury appears farthest from the Sun, which is the best time to look for it.