Where is Mercury?
Mercury is currently in the constellation of Cancer. The current Right Ascension is 08h 19m 02s and the Declination is +20° 32’ 28”.
- Mercury is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].
- It is visible looking in the South direction at an altitude of 59° above the horizon.
- Given its current magnitude, Mercury is visible to the naked eye, even from highly light polluted areas.
- See also Mercury rise and set times.
- Go to interactive sky chart
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Below you can see a simplified sky chart showing where Mercury is right now in the sky with respect to the brightest stars and constellations. More advanced sky charts for Mercury are available on TheSkyLive: 1) the Online Planetarium which is interactive and allows to select dates and additional objects to visualize; and 2) the Live Position and Data Tracker which provides the highest precision position data and features deep sky imagery from the Digitized Sky Survey.
