Mercury rises start of morning twilight
...and is at its maximum elongation west of the Sun, magnitude 0.5, bright, easy to spot!
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The Galactic Times Sky Planning Calendar
BORDER CROSSING
Sun leaves Virgo, enters Libra
Mercury too hard to find
Sets less than 45 minutes before sun rise, difficult to find in dawn skies the rest of the month.
Uranus emerges from behind Moon
Mainly West Coast US and Canada, ~9 California -10 PM Winnipeg, as examples
Jupiter now sets before the Sun rises…
....and rises before the Sun sets.
Brilliant Mars 4-deg. from Moon
Watch the Moon and Mars rise together around midnight!
Saturn Stationary
Ends westward retrograde motion, resumes eastward normal motion.