We call last night’s sunset sky a “chaotic sky.” You probably didn’t know that. You just stared at a “sky that was on point” as Andrea Martin put it in our Michigan Weather Facebook group.

Mercury reaches its point of greatest eastern elongation on Friday (July 4), presenting an excellent opportunity to spot the rocky planet during its evening apparition in the post-sunset sky ...

The point at which Mercury appears most distant from the sun in Earth's sky, known as its point of greatest elongation, will occur at 00:37 a.m. EDT (0437 GMT) on July 4, according to stargazing ...