February 21, 2023: Use the sky map to find winter morning’s stars. The moon joins Venus as it approaches Jupiter. Mars marches eastward in a planetary showcase.
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2023, February 15: Ophiucan Moon, Venus Steps Past Neptune
February 15, 2023: The morning moon, showing earthshine, is with Ophiuchus in the south-southeast. Brilliant Venus is east of Neptune through a binocular.
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2023, February 13: Scorpion Moon, Evening Planets
February 13, 2023: The moon is with the classic Scorpion before sunrise. After sundown, three bright planets are visible. Neptune is near Venus through a binocular.
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2023, January 29: Mercury, Greatest Elongation, Evening Moon, Pleiades
January 29, 2023: Mercury is at its greatest angular separation from the sun during morning twilight. After sundown, look for four planets and the gibbous moon near the Pleiades star cluster.
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2023, January 28: Evening, Spot Planet Uranus, Mercury in Morning
January 28, 2023: After sundown, the slightly gibbous moon is near Uranus. Mercury is low in the southeastern sky before sunrise.
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2023, January 27: Morning Mercury, Bright Evening Planets
January 27, 2023: Mercury is in the southeast before daybreak. After sundown, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, Moon, and Mars are along an arc from west-southwest to east-southeast.
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2023, January 26: Mercury’s Morning Appearance, Bright Evening Planet Parade
January 26, 2023: Mercury is the lone bright planet in eastern morning sky before sunup. Four bright planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – and the moon parade in the evening sky.
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2023, January 25: Wonderous Moon, Jupiter, Morning Mercury
January 25, 2023: Before sunrise, Mercury is in the southeast before sunrise. After sundown, the pretty moon is near Jupiter, making a photogenic scene.
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2023, January 24: Morning’s Mercury, Evening Planet Collection
January 24, 2023: Before sunrise, Mercury is visible in the southeastern sky. After sundown, a collection of planets – Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn – appears with the moon.
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2023, January 23: Morning Mercury, Venus Planet Parade
January 23, 2023: Mercury is visible in the southeast before sunup. Saturn, Venus, Moon, Jupiter, and Mars span the sky after sundown in a pretty planet parade.
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