The evening of February 23 should provide the best view of Mercury as it shines at –0.5 magnitude, which makes it the second brightest object in the evening sky after the star Sirius.

Mercury looks equally appealing through a telescope. On the 1st, it shows a disk 6″ in diameter that appears 83 percent lit. At greatest elongation, the planet spans 7″ while the Sun ...

In fact, on the evening of March 31, Mercury's brightness will have dropped to magnitude +1.4; a trifle dimmer than the star Regulus in Leo and only 1/12 as bright as it is now. In telescopes it ...

The new moon of July 2024 occurs today as Earth reaches its farthest point from the sun, known as aphelion. The new moon ...

The mercury is set to rise in Victoria in coming days, peaking to the mid-40s in some parts. Here’s the forecast for where you live. The mercury will peak at 38C in Melbourne on Sunday, but ...

Star Gazers STGZ443 December 16-22, 2024 “Morning Mercury and Evening Venus Dec 2024” Aired 11/24/2024 Star Gazers is presented by your local public television station.

Diagram showing the planets in the solar system. iStock. By Monday October 15, the Moon will have moved higher in the sky to sit near Saturn, and a few days later, on October 18, the Moon will ...

Catch Jupiter and Mercury side by side in the evening sky this week. Anthony Wood. Fri, June 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM UTC. ... at which time they will follow our star below the horizon.

Orion may be seen throughout the month of January. Orion is low in the east-southeast around 8 p.m. in early January, 7 p.m. mid-month, and in twilight at 6 p.m. at month’s end.