
Celestial Show: Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter Align in the Evening Sky
On November 12, viewers can observe Mercury and Mars close together in the southwestern evening sky just after sunset, with Mercury about 5 degrees above the horizon and near Mars, which is 1 degree to its upper right. The planets will be visible briefly before they set, as Mercury moves away from Mars in its orbit. This event occurs during Mercury's retrograde motion and Mars's prograde motion, with both planets approaching their respective solar conjunctions in late November and January 2026.










