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Mercury live position and data.
Right Ascension: 14.134343
Declination: -14.565487 (J2000) Magnitude: 4.87 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Virgo
Sun Distance: 49651240 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 100041960 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 69464 | 8.0686 | 14h 13m 17s | -13° 49’ 08” |
| Star | HIP 68604 | 8.8458 | 14h 02m 34s | -14° 21’ 25” |
| Star | HIP 68937 | 6.457 | 14h 06m 41s | -14° 12’ 17” |
| Star | HIP 69449 | 6.7252 | 14h 13m 09s | -13° 51’ 35” |
| Star | HIP 68807 | 7.1538 | 14h 05m 13s | -14° 51’ 25” |
| Star | HIP 68943 | 8.3158 | 14h 06m 45s | -14° 05’ 43” |
| Star | HIP 69222 | 7.51 | 14h 10m 19s | -14° 13’ 15” |
| Star | HIP 69060 | 8.891 | 14h 08m 08s | -13° 22’ 18” |
| Star | HIP 68763 | 6.2396 | 14h 04m 27s | -14° 58’ 17” |
| Star | HIP 68729 | 8.6286 | 14h 04m 07s | -15° 29’ 09” |
| Star | HIP 69312 | 8.7314 | 14h 11m 13s | -15° 12’ 37” |
| Galaxy | NGC 5420 | 13.5 | 14h 03m 59s | -14° 36’ 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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