A more detailed chart showing Uranus' position can be found here . Mercury and Mars in the Morning Fast-moving Mercury is still well up in the predawn sky in the first half of August, having been highest in late July. It sinks lower but gets brighter each day, reaching peak brilliance on August 10th. On that morning Mercury and ruddy Mars are buried deep in the glow of dawn when they undergo a very close conjunction, appearing just a fraction of a degree apart. Use binoculars to look for them just above the east-northeast horizon about an hour before sunrise.
Mercury continues to sink, but Mars creeps higher, in the days thereafter.
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