Celestial calendar

MERCURY

Visibility of Mercury in 1999:

Mercury can only be seen low in the east before sunrise, or low in the west after sunset (about the time of the beginning or end of civil twilight).

It is visible in the mornings between the following approximate dates:

January 1 to January 21,
March 27 to May 18,
August 4 to August 31,
November 22 to December 30.

The planet is brighter at the end of each period. The best conditions occur during late November and early December.

It is visible in the evenings between the following approximate dates:

February 16 to March 12,
June 2 to July 18,
September 20 to November 10.

The planet is brighter at the beginning of each period. The best conditions occur during late February and early March.

Date	Apparent Right Ascension	Apparent Declination	Magnitude	Time of visibility
Jan.1	17^h 22.2^m	-22^o 33'	-0.4^m	0^h 43^m
Jan.5	17^h 46.7^m	-23^o 20'	-0.4^m	0^h 29^m
Jan.9	18^h 12.4^m	-23^o 49'	-0.4^m	0^h 15^m
Jan.13	18^h 38.7^m	-24^o 00'	-0.5^m	0^h 02^m

Feb.14	22^h 20.1^m	-12^o 03'	-1.3^m	0^h 07^m
Feb.26	23^h 35.6^m	-02^o 14'	-0.9^m	1^h 02^m
Mar.6	0^h 06.0^m	03^o 06'	0.1^m	1^h 09^m
Mar.14	0^h 05.9^m	04^o 29'	2.6^m	0^h 26^m

Mar.30	23^h 26.7^m	-02^o 21'	2.0^m	0^h 04^m
Apr.7	23^h 31.1^m	-03^o 57'	0.9^m	0^h 05^m
Apr.15	23^h 52.8^m	-03^o 03'	0.5^m	0^h 01^m

Jun.2	5^h 15.2^m	24^o 33'	-1.5^m	0^h 14^m
Jun.14	6^h 55.6^m	24^o 51'	-0.4^m	0^h 54^m
Jun.26	8^h 06.5^m	21^o 06'	0.4^m	0^h 46^m
Jul.8	8^h 41.9^m	16^o 30'	1.3^m	0^h 09^m

Aug.5	7^h 59.9^m	16^o 47'	2.2^m	0^h 17^m
Aug.13	8^h 12.3^m	18^o 21'	0.3^m	0^h 58^m
Aug.21	8^h 52.9^m	17^o 57'	-0.8^m	0^h 59^m
Sep.2	10^h 21.1^m	12^o 10'	-1.5^m	0^h 05^m

Oct.24	15^h 24.4^m	-21^o 35'	-0.1^m	0^h 01^m
Oct.28	15^h 39.9^m	-22^o 36'	0.0^m	0^h 02^m

Nov.21	15^h 01.3^m	-15^o 17'	1.9^m	0^h 32^m
Dec.3	15^h 13.3^m	-15^o 29'	-0.5^m	1^h 19^m
Dec.15	16^h 15.2^m	-20^o 11'	-0.5^m	0^h 49^m
Dec.27	17^h 31.2^m	-23^o 41'	-0.6^m	0^h 06^m

Mercury transits the Sun's disk on November 15 from 21^h 15^m to 22^h 07^m.
The event do not visible in Ukraine.

Note: All the times in this page are expressed in universal time (UT).
For Kyiv Local_Time=UT+2^h (and Local_Time=UT+3^h for summer time).