[Empire_of_Liberty]

I had no idea that Mercury could be so far out from the Sun!

[KarlInOhio]

And this isn't even the max.

Apparition     Date    Elongation Magnitude
---------- ----------- ---------- ---------
 Evening   2026 Feb 19   18.1°E     -0.2
 Morning   2026 Apr  3   27.8°W     +0.5
 Evening   2026 Jun 15   24.5°E     +0.7
 Morning   2026 Aug  2   19.5°W     +0.4
 Evening   2026 Oct 12   25.2°E     +0.2
 Morning   2026 Nov 20   19.6°W     -0.3

From Mercury Chaser's Calculator