Conjunction of Mercury and Jupiter, August 27, 2028
Conjunction of Mercury and Jupiter: August 27, 2028 at 5:29 PM in New York (27 Aug 2028, 21:28 UTC). At that moment Mercury is 32° above the horizon in the SW, as seen from New York.
The sky at that moment
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5:29 PMSun, Aug 27
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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 2.2° apart in the sky.
MercuryJupiterOpposition, conjunction and elongation explained
Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. Data sources