Mercury–Mars conjunction, 8 January 2028

Mercury and Mars come closest together in the sky on 8 January 2028 around 23:54 UTC, at an apparent separation of 0.7° (about 1.3 Moon diameters). They stand at least 16° from the Sun, so they are not lost in its glare.

Visibility from Hungary (calculated for Budapest): the best moment to observe is 8 January 2028, 16:54 CET: the target stands 3° high in the south-west, in twilight, the sky is not fully dark yet. The calculation is for Budapest; elsewhere in the country rise and set times differ by only a few minutes.

In the page's interactive 3D model the time machine jumps to this moment (8 January 2028) and the camera takes the view that fits the event: a sky view from the visitor's city or Budapest. You can freely scrub time forwards and backwards.

Planet positions come from our own approximate calculation (about 0.1-1° accuracy, times within a few hours).