- Mercury does reach inferior solar conjunction today, when it passes directly between the Sun and Earth.
o - This marks the end of its evening visibility and the start of its transition into the morning sky.
o - After 7 March, Mercury moves into the dawn sky, but remains very low and difficult to see from the United Kingdom for much of the month.
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