{"id":20368,"date":"2017-06-21T01:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=20368"},"modified":"2016-11-27T16:15:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T02:15:13","slug":"mercury-at-superior-conjunction-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=20368","title":{"rendered":"Mercury at Superior Conjunction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today Mercury will be at superior conjunction<\/a>. After today the planet will reappear in the evening sky, rising high enough from the Sun’s glow to be seen early next month.<\/p>\n

\"Mercury<\/a>
Mercury transiting the Sun on May 9, 2016. Celestron C8 and Canon 6D at f\/10.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Superior conjunction is when the planet passes around the far side of the Sun as seen from Earth. For a few weeks the planet will be lost in the Sun’s glare, hidden from view. <\/p>\n

As Mercury is on an orbit inside that of Earth’s it will see both inferior and superior conjunctions as it passes from the evening sky to the dawn sky and back again. <\/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 superior conjunction. After today the planet will reappear in the evening sky, rising high enough from the Sun’s glow to be seen early next month. Superior conjunction is when the planet passes around the far side of the Sun as seen from Earth. For a few weeks the planet will … Continue reading “Mercury at Superior Conjunction”<\/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\/20368"}],"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=20368"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20444,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20368\/revisions\/20444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}