Conjunction of Mercury and Aldebaran, June 21, 2028
Conjunction of Mercury and Aldebaran: June 21, 2028 at 3:17 PM in New York (21 Jun 2028, 19:17 UTC). At that moment Mercury is 37° above the horizon in the W, as seen from New York.
The sky at that moment
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3:17 PMWed, Jun 21
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What happens
In a conjunction two objects pass close to each other in our sky. They are not near each other in space: they only line up as seen from Earth. The time shown is the closest approach, measured from the centre of the Earth.
At their closest the two are 1.5° apart in the sky.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. Data sources