Mercury will reach its greatest separation from the Sun in its Jun–Jul 2166 morning apparition. It will be shining brightly at mag 0.3.
From Jakarta , this apparition will not be one of the most prominent, reaching a peak altitude of 21° above the horizon at sunrise on 1 Jul 2166.
Jun–Jul 2166 morning apparition of Mercury
| 06 Jun 2166 | – | Mercury at inferior solar conjunction |
| 01 Jul 2166 | – | Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky |
| 01 Jul 2166 | – | Mercury at greatest elongation west |
| 06 Jul 2166 | – | Mercury at dichotomy |
| 29 Jul 2166 | – | 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
| 20 Jan 2166 | – | Evening apparition |
| 02 Mar 2166 | – | Morning apparition |
| 13 May 2166 | – | Evening apparition |
| 01 Jul 2166 | – | Morning apparition |
| 10 Sep 2166 | – | Evening apparition |
| 21 Oct 2166 | – | Morning apparition |
| 04 Jan 2167 | – | Evening apparition |
Mercury's position
The position of Mercury when it reaches greatest elongation will be:
| Object | Right Ascension | Declination | Constellation | Magnitude | Angular Size |
| Mercury | 04h56m40s | 19°22'N | Taurus | 0.3 | 8.0" |
| Sun | 06h30m | 23°14'N | Gemini | -26.7 | 31'28" |
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0.
The sky on 15 Sep 2025
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31% 23 days old |
All times shown in WIB.
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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.
Related news
| 01 Jul 2166 | – Mercury at greatest elongation west |
| 07 Sep 2166 | – Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky |
| 10 Sep 2166 | – Mercury at greatest elongation east |
| 21 Oct 2166 | – Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky |
Image credit
© NASA/JPL/MESSENGER