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Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its closest point to the Sun. Mon, 18 May 2026 at 06:27 EDT (19 days ago) in Taurus

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Venus at perihelion Venus passes its closest point to the Sun. Thu, 14 May 2026 at 23:01 EDT (23 days ago) in Taurus

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Mercury at superior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun. Thu, 14 May 2026 at 10:30 EDT (23 days ago) in Aries

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Mercury at aphelion Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 at 06:33 EDT (63 days ago) in Aquarius

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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 at 18:17 EDT (64 days ago) in Aquarius

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Mercury at greatest elongation west Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 at 14:48 EDT (64 days ago) in Aquarius

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Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 (71 days ago) in Aquarius

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Mercury at inferior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the near side of the Sun. Sat, 07 Mar 2026 at 05:57 EDT (91 days ago) in Pisces

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Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Fri, 20 Feb 2026 (106 days ago) in Aquarius

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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the evening sky. Thu, 19 Feb 2026 at 11:34 EDT (107 days ago) in Aquarius

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Mercury at greatest elongation east Mercury is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Thu, 19 Feb 2026 at 09:35 EDT (107 days ago) in Aquarius

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Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its closest point to the Sun. Thu, 19 Feb 2026 at 05:43 EDT (107 days ago) in Aquarius

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Venus at aphelion Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Thu, 22 Jan 2026 at 07:47 EDT (135 days ago) in Capricornus

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Mercury at superior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun. Wed, 21 Jan 2026 at 11:01 EDT (136 days ago) in Capricornus

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Venus at superior solar conjunction Venus passes around the far side of the Sun. Tue, 06 Jan 2026 at 12:10 EDT (151 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Mercury at aphelion Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Tue, 06 Jan 2026 at 06:01 EDT (151 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Mercury at greatest elongation west Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Sun, 07 Dec 2025 at 19:14 EDT (181 days ago) in Libra

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Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 (182 days ago) in Libra

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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 at 03:05 EDT (184 days ago) in Libra

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Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its closest point to the Sun. Sun, 23 Nov 2025 at 06:11 EDT (195 days ago) in Libra