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Mercury–Mars Conjunction
Mercury and Mars appear about 0.7° apart in Capricornus.
Your local time
9 Jan 2028, 05:05
Universal time
8 Jan 2028, 23:35 UTC
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Partially visible from New Delhi, IndiaNaked EyeVisible worldwide where sky conditions allow
Mercury and Mars pass close together on the sky, separated by roughly 0.7 degrees at closest approach. They are not physically near each other — this is a line-of-sight alignment — but the pairing is striking to the unaided eye and easily fits in a single binocular field.
Observation details
- Visibility
- Partially visible
- Best viewing time
- 8 Jan 2028, 19:05
- Direction to look
- E · azimuth 92°
- Altitude at peak
- -41.6°
- Equipment
- Naked Eye
- Minimum separation
- 0.68°
- Constellation
- Capricornus
The event's peak happens below your horizon, but the same part of the sky reaches -2° later in the night.
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Photography & observing tips
- •Both objects fit comfortably in a single binocular field, and often in a telescope's low-power field.
- •Wide-angle shots that include foreground landscape make the pairing far more striking.
- •Twilight conjunctions photograph beautifully — expose for the sky, not the planets.
Other conjunction events
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