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Mercury–Mars Conjunction

Mercury and Mars appear about 1.2° apart in Scorpius.

Your local time

13 Nov 2025, 09:45

Universal time

13 Nov 2025, 04:15 UTC

Time since

Partially visible from New Delhi, IndiaNaked EyeVisible worldwide where sky conditions allow

Mercury and Mars pass close together on the sky, separated by roughly 1.2 degrees at closest approach. They are not physically near each other — this is a line-of-sight alignment — but the pairing is striking to the unaided eye and easily fits in a single binocular field.

Observation details

Visibility
Partially visible
Best viewing time
13 Nov 2025, 18:45
Direction to look
SE · azimuth 130°
Altitude at peak
19.8°
Equipment
Naked Eye
Minimum separation
1.22°
Constellation
Scorpius

At the exact peak the sky is still bright, but the object is -5° high in darkness nearby.

New Delhi, India

28.6139°, 77.2090° · default location

Photography & observing tips

  • Both objects fit comfortably in a single binocular field, and often in a telescope's low-power field.
  • Wide-angle shots that include foreground landscape make the pairing far more striking.
  • Twilight conjunctions photograph beautifully — expose for the sky, not the planets.

Other conjunction events

The nearest occurrences before and after this one.