2022, June 24: Moon Approaches Venus, Rare Morning Planet Parade
June 24, 2022: The crescent moon approaches Venus in the eastern sky before sunrise. The five bright planets are aligned in order from the sun in a rare planet parade.
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2022, May 29: Jupiter – Mars Conjunction
May 29, 2022: Mars passes Jupiter this morning in a relatively close conjunction. The separation is 0.6°. Morning Star Venus and Saturn are nearby.
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2022, May 24: Moon Nears Jupiter, Mars
May 24, 2022: The moon dances near bright Jupiter and Mars in the east-southeast before sunrise. Venus and Saturn are nearby. During the evening, look into intergalactic space.
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2022, May 23: Morning Celestial Stepping Stones, Evening Star Color
May 23, 2022: The morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – and the moon appear as celestial stepping stones across the river of morning twilight.
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2022, May 22: Moon Visits Morning Planets, Evening Star Clusters
May 22, 2022: The moon is near Saturn in the southeast before sunup. During the next few mornings watch it skip past Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. After nightfall, spot star clusters with a binocular.
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2022, May 21: Moon, Morning Planets, Evening Star Clusters
May 21, 2022: The moon nears the morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn. After sundown, find two star clusters near Leo – the Beehive cluster and the Coma cluster.
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2022: Evening Sky
The Evening Sky, 2022: The evening sky has planetary activity at the beginning of the year. Mercury makes its best evening appearance during April. The moon makes its monthly appearance with bright stars along the ecliptic. See five planets at year’s end.
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2022: Morning Star Venus: The Morning Planets
2022: The morning sky is full of planet activity. Morning Star Venus passes Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. Look eastward for the dance of planets before sunrise during the year.
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2022: Venus as a Morning Star
During 2022, Morning Star Venus puts on a magnificent dance with Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the moon in eastern sky before sunrise. Next Event: Venus, Mars, and the moon gather, January 29, 2022.
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2022, June 23: Rare Morning Planet Parade, Venus – Pleiades Conjunction
June 23, 2022: The five bright morning planets parade across the morning sky in a rare pattern. Venus passes the Pleiades star cluster before daybreak.
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2022, June 22: Artemis, Ares Dance, Morning Planets
June 22, 2022: The thick crescent moon is near Mars in the east-southeast before sunrise. Spot the five bright planets in order from the sun before daybreak.
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2022, June 21: Evening Planet Parade Visibility, Summer Solstice
June 21, 2022: How frequently are the five bright planets visible in their order from the sun after sundown? Five the morning planet parade in the eastern sky before sunrise.
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2022, June 20: Morning Planet Parade Visibility
June 20, 2022: How frequently are the five bright planets visible in their order from the sun before daybreak? These planets are in this order in the eastern sky before sunrise.
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2022, June 19: Planet Order Frequency, Moon Identifies Planets
June 19, 2022: How frequently are the five bright planets in order from the sun to create a morning or evening planet parade. The five planets are in the sky before daybreak.
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2022, June 18: Morning Moon, Saturn, Evening Arcturus
June 18, 2022: The moon joins the morning planet parade. Find it near Saturn before daybreak. After sunset, Arcturus is high in the southwestern sky.
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2022, June 17: Morning Planet Parade
June 17, 2022: Five bright planets are becoming visible before sunrise. The planets are in order from the sun – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
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2022, June 16: Planet Parade, Southern Hemisphere
June 16, 2022: For southern hemisphere observers, the morning planets are in their full parade mode. Northern hemisphere observers continue to wait for Mercury to make its full appearance.
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2022, June 15: Teapot Moon, Planets, Evening Summer Stars
June 15, 2022: The morning moon is in front of the Teapot. The morning planet parade continues in the eastern sky before sunrise. As night falls, the Summer Triangle signals that the summer season is arriving north of the equator.