On August 23, 2023, Venus retrograde and Mercury retrograde will join forces for a wild and crazy finale to summer. As you look at your calendar to lock in your last-minute summer plans, there are ...

Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look ...

Mercury stands 3° to Venus’ upper left, but is harder to see because it glows more faintly, at magnitude –0.6. Binoculars will help pull them out of the twilight.

Just after sunset tonight, Venus and Mercury will appear within 1.5 degrees of each other above the southwest horizon. The planets won’t be this close again until 2024, according to EarthSky.org .

When will Venus and Mercury be closest? That will happen on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 7:44 Universal Co-ordinated Time (UTC), when the two worlds will appear just 0.53º apart.

Let Venus be your guide. On Saturday evening (April 1), about a half hour after sunset, using binoculars, scan near the west-northwest horizon to locate Mercury.Although shining at magnitude -1.0 ...

On the 21st, Mercury and Venus stand 2° apart, just below Pollux, with Saturn to their upper left. Venus shines brightest at magnitude –3.7, then comes Mercury at –0.5 and Saturn at 0.2.

Mercury and Venus will appear close to each other just after sunset on Friday, May 28, in the west-northwestern sky. They may be difficult to spot. Look for Mercury to the left of Venus.

On August 23, 2023, Venus retrograde and Mercury retrograde will join forces for a wild and crazy finale to summer. As you look at your calendar to lock in your last-minute summer plans, there are ...