{"id":20294,"date":"2017-09-12T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=20294"},"modified":"2016-11-27T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T02:14:42","slug":"mercury-at-maximum-elongation-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=20294","title":{"rendered":"Mercury at Maximum Elongation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today Mercury will be at maximum western elongation<\/a>, as high in the morning sky as it will appear for this current apparition. After today the planet will slide back into the dawn, passing through superior conjunction on October 8th to reappear in the evening sky around the end of the month.<\/p>\n

\"Mercury<\/a>
Mercury transiting the Sun on May 9, 2016. Celestron C8 and Canon 6D at f\/10.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Mercury typically completes three morning and three evening apparitions in each year. While the innermost planet never gets very far from the Sun, maximum elongation represents the best time to observe Mercury as high in the sky as possible.<\/p>\n

There are no transits of Mercury in 2017, the next will be Nov 11, 2019.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mercury Events for 2017<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/th>\nDate UT<\/th>\nSeparation<\/th>\nMag<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum Elongation <\/td>\nJan 19<\/td>\n24.1\u00b0W<\/td>\n+0.0 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Superior Conjunction<\/td>\nMar 6 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum Elongation <\/td>\nApr 1 <\/td>\n19.0\u00b0E<\/td>\n+0.2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inferior Conjunction<\/td>\nApr 19<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum Elongation <\/td>\nMay 17<\/td>\n25.8\u00b0W<\/td>\n+0.7 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Superior Conjunction<\/td>\nJun 21<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum Elongation <\/td>\nJul 30<\/td>\n27.2\u00b0E<\/td>\n+0.6 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inferior Conjunction<\/td>\nAug 26<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum Elongation <\/td>\nSep 12<\/td>\n17.9\u00b0W<\/td>\n-0.1 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Superior Conjunction<\/td>\nOct 8 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum Elongation <\/td>\nNov 24<\/td>\n22.0\u00b0E<\/td>\n-0.1 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inferior Conjunction<\/td>\nDec 12<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Source: NASA Sky Calendar<\/a> and the Mercury Chaser’s Calculator<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today Mercury will be at maximum western elongation, as high in the morning sky as it will appear for this current apparition. After today the planet will slide back into the dawn, passing through superior conjunction on October 8th to reappear in the evening sky around the end of the month. Mercury typically completes three … Continue reading “Mercury at Maximum Elongation”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[45],"tags":[92],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20294"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20441,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20294\/revisions\/20441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}