and twice before sunrise in the east. However, this coming week sees it rise higher than at any other time in 2023. It will be the best time to see Mercury all year from the northern hemisphere.
This means that two years on Mercury lasts for only three days. The planet's sunrise would be unusual to us on Earth. Due to its elongated orbit and slow rotation, from some places on Mercury's ...
the two inner planets appear to buzz around our star in no time at all and are only visible shortly before sunrise and shortly after sunset. However, Venus and Mercury do pass each other frequently.