Greatest Eastern Elongation

Celestial Whispers: Mercury’s Golden Hour

A woman dressed in a velvet green cloak and holding a leather-bound journal stands on a stone wall at twilight, looking through antique brass binoculars toward the western horizon where Mercury is visible as a bright point of light near the setting sun.

Celestial Whispers: Mercury’s Golden Hour As the Sun dips below the horizon this April 11, 2023, the veil between worlds thins, and the sky offers us a rare, shimmering gift. Tonight, Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation—a moment when the swiftest messenger of the gods wanders as far from the […]