Mercury at greatest elongation (evening sky), January 17, 2028
Mercury at greatest elongation (evening sky): January 17, 2028 at 12:18 PM in New York (17 Jan 2028, 17:18 UTC). At that moment Mercury is 31° above the horizon in the SSE, as seen from New York.
The sky at that moment
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12:18 PMMon, Jan 17
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What happens
At greatest elongation Mercury or Venus is at its largest angle from the Sun in our sky. That is usually the best time to see it, after sunset in the evening sky or before sunrise in the morning sky.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. Data sources