Mercury is farthest from the sunset on June 15

Mercury is farthest from the sunset on June 15

For all of us on Earth now, the sun’s innermost planet, Mercury, is in the west after sunset, below blazing Venus and Jupiter. A line between Venus and Jupiter more or less points to Mercury. This is the view from the Northern Hemisphere. Notice how the planets make a line extending above and to the left of the sunset point. Mercury is farthest from the sunset – at greatest elongation on June 15. But look soon! Mercury – sometimes calle the most…