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Mercury live position and data.
Right Ascension: 14.826385
Declination: -18.988072 (J2000) Magnitude: -0.13 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Libra
Sun Distance: 66722974 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 162833627 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 72876 | 0 | 14h 53m 42s | -18° 20’ 40” |
| Star | HIP 72865 | 8.0834 | 14h 53m 36s | -19° 08’ 50” |
| Star | HIP 72871 | 7.4708 | 14h 53m 40s | -19° 58’ 20” |
| Star | HIP 72202 | 8.0714 | 14h 46m 03s | -18° 58’ 45” |
| Star | HIP 72677 | 6.5082 | 14h 51m 34s | -17° 47’ 24” |
| Star | HIP 72525 | 8.4534 | 14h 49m 41s | -18° 56’ 31” |
| Star | HIP 72134 | 8.152 | 14h 45m 18s | -18° 00’ 09” |
| Star | HIP 72702 | 6.1578 | 14h 51m 51s | -18° 21’ 19” |
| Star | HIP 72645 | 8.1384 | 14h 51m 10s | -18° 55’ 07” |
| Star | HIP 72501 | 7.1732 | 14h 49m 27s | -19° 54’ 12” |
| Galaxy | NGC 5761 | 13.4 | 14h 49m 08s | -20° 22’ 37” |
| Galaxy | ESO 580-30 | 14.0 | 14h 47m 35s | -18° 04’ 12” |
| Galaxy | ESO 580-22 | 13.8 | 14h 46m 04s | -18° 01’ 22” |
| Galaxy | NGC 5757 | 12.8 | 14h 47m 46s | -19° 04’ 47” |
| Galaxy | ESO 580-43 | 13.8 | 14h 50m 58s | -18° 28’ 19” |
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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