Planets
Mercury at greatest elongation
Morning sky · 20° from the Sun
Mercury is as far from the Sun in our sky as it gets on this pass, the best time to find it: look low in the east before sunrise. It stays clear of the Sun's glare for about 2 weeks.
For the background, read Eclipses in Moon, planets & eclipses.
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