Conjunction of Mercury and Saturn, May 23, 2029
Conjunction of Mercury and Saturn: May 23, 2029 at 11:44 PM in New York (24 May 2029, 03:43 UTC). At that moment Mercury is below the horizon as seen from New York.
The sky at that moment
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11:44 PMWed, May 23
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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 1.2° apart in the sky.
MercurySaturnOpposition, conjunction and elongation explained
Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. Data sources