As seen from Colombo , Mercury will reach its highest point in the sky in its May–Jun 2128 morning apparition. It will be shining brightly at mag 0.4.
From Colombo, this apparition will be reasonably placed, reaching a peak altitude of 21° above the horizon at sunrise on 4 Jun 2128.
May–Jun 2128 morning apparition of Mercury
| 07 May 2128 | – | Mercury at inferior solar conjunction |
| 03 Jun 2128 | – | Mercury at greatest elongation west |
| 04 Jun 2128 | – | Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky |
| 09 Jun 2128 | – | Mercury at dichotomy |
| 05 Jul 2128 | – | Mercury at superior solar conjunction |
A graph of the angular separation of Mercury from the Sun around the time of greatest elongation is available here.
Apparitions of Mercury
| 27 Dec 2127 | – | Evening apparition |
| 05 Feb 2128 | – | Morning apparition |
| 16 Apr 2128 | – | Evening apparition |
| 03 Jun 2128 | – | Morning apparition |
| 14 Aug 2128 | – | Evening apparition |
| 26 Sep 2128 | – | Morning apparition |
| 09 Dec 2128 | – | Evening apparition |
Mercury's position
The position of Mercury when it reaches its highest point will be:
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0.
The sky on 6 Jul 2025
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83% 11 days old |
All times shown in GMT+0530.
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Source
The circumstances of this event were computed using the DE430 planetary ephemeris published by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
This event was automatically generated by searching the ephemeris for planetary alignments which are of interest to amateur astronomers, and the text above was generated based on an estimate of your location.
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| 03 Jun 2128 | – Mercury at greatest elongation west |
| 03 Jun 2128 | – Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky |
| 10 Aug 2128 | – Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky |
| 14 Aug 2128 | – Mercury at greatest elongation east |
Image credit
© NASA/JPL/MESSENGER