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Mercury live position and data.
Right Ascension: 9.553786
Declination: 16.340491 (J2000) Magnitude: -1.95 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Leo
Sun Distance: 49681167 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 200374822 km [ km/s]
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Mercury live position and data
This page shows Mercury location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details). The sky map shown below represents a rectangular portion of the sky 60x40 arcminutes wide. By comparison the diameter of the full Moon is about 30 arcmins, so the full horizontal extent of the map is approximately 2 full Moons wide. Depending on the device you are using, the map can be dragged horizondally or vertically using the mouse or touchscreen. The deep sky image in the background is provided by the Digitized Sky Survey (acknowledgements).
Current close conjunctions
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Mercury (less than 1.5 degrees):
| Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
| Star | HIP 47211 | 8.0044 | 09h 37m 17s | +15° 15’ 09” |
| Star | HIP 46745 | 7.5552 | 09h 31m 39s | +15° 46’ 12” |
| Star | HIP 47274 | 7.803 | 09h 38m 04s | +17° 21’ 19” |
| Star | HIP 47233 | 8.5936 | 09h 37m 38s | +15° 27’ 30” |
| Star | HIP 47189 | 5.609 | 09h 37m 02s | +16° 26’ 16” |
| Star | HIP 46866 | 8.9468 | 09h 32m 59s | +16° 29’ 41” |
| Star | HIP 47262 | 7.8248 | 09h 37m 58s | +16° 50’ 02” |
| Star | HIP 46999 | 8.969 | 09h 34m 44s | +16° 26’ 47” |
| Star | HIP 47196 | 7.8146 | 09h 37m 07s | +16° 13’ 33” |
| Star | HIP 47138 | 8.4358 | 09h 36m 19s | +17° 13’ 47” |
| Star | HIP 46635 | 8.2886 | 09h 30m 35s | +15° 15’ 36” |
| Galaxy | NGC 2943 | 13.7 | 09h 38m 33s | +17° 01’ 59” |
Additional resources
Additional Resources about Mercury
- 15 Days Ephemerides
- Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
- Rise & Set Times
- Distance from Earth
- Light Curve
Astronomy databases
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:
- The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
- The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
- The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
- The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies
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