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Mercury reaches elongation 8/19/25, shares morning sky w/Venus and Jupiter ...
August 19: Mercury farthest from the morning sun
Star chart for Northern Hemisphere viewers showing a dot, Jupiter, above a starred dot, Venus. Both are above a small dot, Mercury, which lies immediately above the wavy line of the horizon.
In late August, for Northern Hemisphere viewers, brilliant Venus and bright Jupiter are near Mercury. Mercury will reach its greatest distance from the morning sun – or greatest western elongation – at 10 UTC on August 19. It will be 19 degrees from the sun then. Chart via EarthSky.
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