Conjunction of Mercury and Mars, June 29, 2028
Conjunction of Mercury and Mars: June 29, 2028 at 1:53 PM in New York (29 Jun 2028, 17:52 UTC). At that moment Mercury is 53° above the horizon in the WSW, as seen from New York.
The sky at that moment
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1:53 PMThu, Jun 29
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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 3.2° apart in the sky.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. Data sources