2021, May 13: Evening Star Venus, Mercury, Moon
May 13, 2021: Venus, Mercury, the crescent moon, and Mars are in the western sky after sunset.
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2021, May 12: Spectacular Venus-Moon Grouping
May 12, 2021: Thirty minutes after sunset, the razor-thin moon is 1.2° to the left of brilliant Venus. This is the closest grouping of the moon and Venus during this evening appearance of the brilliant planet. Mercury is 9.1° to the upper left of Venus. Mars maintains its eastward march in Gemini. Sirius and Aldebaran are near their heliacal settings, their final appearances in the evening sky for the year.
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2021: Sirius Heliacal Rising
The first morning appearance of a star before sunrise is known as the heliacal rising of the star. Sirius, the brightest star, makes its first appearance each year during mid-August from mid-northern latitudes.
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2021, May 7: Five Planets on Parade
May 7, 2021: The planets and moon parade across the sky today. Jupiter and Saturn are visible before sunrise in the southeast. The moon can be seen closer to sunrise. After sunset Venus, Mercury, and Mars are in the west-northwest.
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2021, May 6: 24 Hours, 5 Planets, Moon
May 6, 2021: During a 24-hour period, the five bright planets and the moon are visible. Before sunrise this morning, Saturn, Jupiter, and the crescent moon are lined up in the southeast. After sunset, brilliant Evening Star Venus is visible after sunset. As the sky darkens Mercury, then Mars, appears in the western sky.
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2021, May: Mars in Gemini
During May 2021, Mars marches across the starfields of Gemini. The planet is visible in the western sky after sunset. Early in the month, Mars is near the feet of Castor. Mars moves through the constellation diagonally from lower right to upper left. It ends the month passing Pollux.
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2021, May: Year’s Best Mercury Evening Appearance
Mercury’s best evening appearance of 2021 occurs during May. The planet is visible in the west-northwest above Venus after sundown. The appearance begins during late April. On May 28, the apparition ends with a close Venus – Mercury conjunction, the closest easily visible until 2033. About 30 Venus – Mercury conjunctions occur during the interval, but some close groupings are lost in the sun’s glare.
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2021, April & May: Venus Into Bright Evening Twilight
After superior conjunction (March 26, 2021), Venus slowly emerges into the western evening sky during bright twilight. The closest Venus – moon grouping occurs on May 12. Venus is moving eastward in Taurus.
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2021: Venus as an Evening Star
2021: Venus is the evening star that is visible in the west for the rest of the year beginning in late April. The crescent moon appears with Venus each month. Venus conjunctions occur with Mercury, Mars and bright stars.
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2021, May 13: Bright Jupiter, Saturn Morning Planets
May 13, 2021: Bright Jupiter and Saturn are the morning planets in the southeast before sunrise.
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2021, May 12: Morning Planets Jupiter, Saturn
May 12, 2021: Before sunrise bright Jupiter, in front of Aquarius, is in the southeast before sunrise. Saturn is to the upper right of Jupiter, in Capricornus. In a few mornings, Saturn begins to retrograde.
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2021, May 11: Planets March On
May 11, 2021: The planet parade continues today. Five planets are on display. Bright Jupiter and Saturn are in the southeastern sky before sunrise. After sundown, brilliant Venus, Mercury, and Mars are in the western sky. The moon is at its New phase and at apogee today.
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2021, May 10: Five Planets on Parade
May 10, 2021: Five planets are on display. Jupiter and Saturn are visible in the southeastern sky before sunrise. Brilliant Venus, Mercury, and Mars shine from the western sky after sunset. Only the sun disrupts a continuous view of the five worlds.
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2021, May 9: Planets on Parade
May 9, 2021: Look for five planets today. Jupiter and Saturn are visible in the southeast before sunrise. Venus, Mercury, and Mars are in the western sky after sunset.
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2021, May 8: Watch the Planet Parade
May 8, 2021: Five planets are visible during morning and evening appearances. Jupiter and Saturn are visible before sunrise. Daylight interrupts the viewing until evening, when Venus, Mercury, and Mars are visible in the west after sundown.
