Monday night June 10, the moon provides a guide to locate the solar system's innermost planet, Mercury. At 9:20 p.m. look to the west-northwest for Venus and the thin crescent moon. If skies are clear, Mercury will be glimpsed above Venus and to the upper right of the moon. Binoculars will make the scene easier to see, but they are not essential.

Mercury is now at its highest in the early evening sky and drops towards Venus over the next week.

Such is our view from Earth.