April 5, 2023: Venus, Mercury, and Mars shine brightly from the western sky after sundown. The Pink Moon shines brightly all night.
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Watching the Sun, Moon and Planets
April 5, 2023: Venus, Mercury, and Mars shine brightly from the western sky after sundown. The Pink Moon shines brightly all night.
Read moreApril 4, 2023: Brilliant Venus and Sirius are about the same height above the horizon during the early evening. Mercury is approaching its best evening sighting of the year for northern hemisphere sky watchers.
Read moreApril 2, 2023: Saturn is in the east-southeast before sunrise. Venus, Mercury, and Mars are in the evening sky. Mercury is starting its best evening appearance of the year.
Read moreApril 1, 2023: Venus begins to approach the Pleiades star cluster after sundown. The moon covers or occults Eta Leonis during the night.
Read moreMarch 31, 2023: Saturn is visible in the east-southeast before sunrise. Three planets – Venus, Mercury, and Mars – are in the sky with the gibbous moon during the night.
Read moreMarch 30, 2023: A Venus-Uranus conjunction occurs this evening after sundown. Use a binocular to see the dimmer planet. Saturn is visible before sunrise in the east-southeast.
Read moreMarch 29, 2023: Saturn is entering the east-southeastern sky before sunup. During the evening, Venus approaches Uranus before their conjunction.
Read moreMarch 28, 2023: Saturn continues to make its first morning appearance for northern hemisphere sky watches. The First Quarter Moon is near Mars after sundown.
Read moreMarch 27, 2023: A Jupiter-Mercury conjunction occurs during bright morning twilight. Saturn is making its first appearance in the eastern sky before sunrise.
Read moreMarch 26, 2023: Mars moves into Gemini this evening at the foot of Castor. Jupiter leaves the evening sky as Mercury enters.
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