How bright is Mercury?
The current visual magnitude of Mercury is 0.00. Given its brightness, Mercury should be visible to the naked eye, even from highly light polluted areas.
The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Mercury, according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.
Predicted magnitude of Mercury between
January 1600 and December 2499
Additional Resources on TheSkyLive
- Mercury: Complete reference information on TheSkyLive.com.
- Where is Mercury?: Key information on where to find Mercury in the sky.
- Distance of Mercury from Earth: Find out how far Mercury is from Earth right now.
- How Bright is Mercury?: Current visual brightness (magnitude) and apparent size.
- Rise and Set Times: Rise and set times of Mercury from your location.
- Interactive Sky Map: Planetarium-style interactive visualization of Mercury's position in the sky.
- Live Position Tracker: High precision real time tracker of Mercury's position using deep space imagery.
- Ephemeris: 15 days Mercury's computed ephemeris.