![]() Mercury will be in the constellation Virgo to find it one can look for the "sickle" shape of stars that marks the head of Leo the lion, which will be high in the east, and looking below it towards the horizon. At that point, Mercury will be about 12 degrees high just south of east. ![]() Civil twilight, which is when the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon and the sky is getting light, is at 6:34 a.m. ![]() The planet will be magnitude -0.6, a bit brighter than the star Vega. That means by sunrise the planet will be 17 degrees high, according to. 10, Mercury rises at 5:26 a.m., while the sun rises at 6:59 a.m. Mercury will reach its highest altitudes for Northern Hemisphere observers on Oct. 9 and 10 (Image credit: Starry Night Software)
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