July 11, 2022: Four bright planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – are aligned in the morning sky. After sundown, the bright moon is with Ophiuchus.
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2022, July 10: Morning Planet Display, Evening Moon, Antares
July 10, 2022: The gap in the four-planet morning parade continues to widen. After sundown, the bright moon is near the star Antares.
2022, July 9: Mars Marches Into Aries, Scorpion Moon
July 9, 2022: The Red Planet marches into Aries this morning. It is part of the morning planet parade with Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn. As night falls the lunar orb is clearly within the clutches of the Scorpion.
2022, July 8: Morning Planet Stretch, Nipped Moon
July 8, 2022: The four bright morning planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – stretch across the morning sky before daybreak. After sundown, the bright gibbous moon is near the scorpion’s pincers.
2022, July 7: Four Planets Before Daybreak, Spiked Moon
July 7, 2022: Four bright planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – are lined up in the sky before daybreak. After sunset, the gibbous moon is near Spica.
2022, July 6: Four Morning Planets, Evening Half Moon
July 6, 2022: Four bright morning planets, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, are visible before daybreak. After sunset, the First Quarter Moon is in the southwest with Virgo.
2022, May 9: Four Morning Planets, Evening Sickled Moon
May 9, 2022: Morning Star Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn are strung along the eastern sky before sunrise. After sundown, the gibbous moon is near the Sickle of Leo, while Mercury is low in the west-northwest.
2022, May 4: Morning Planets, Evening Moon, Disappearing Stars
May 4, 2022: The bright morning planets, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn, are strung along the eastern sky. Mercury and the waxing moon are in the west-northwestern sky after sundown. The bright stars of winter are disappearing for the season.
2022, May 3: Morning Planet Necklace, Evening Gored Moon
May 3, 2022: Four morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn are strung across the eastern sky, like gems on necklace, before sunup. Mercury and the crescent moon are in the western sky as night falls.
2022, April 29: Mercury – Pleiades Conjunction, Morning Planet Gems
April 29, 2022: This evening, Mercury has a conjunction with the Pleiades star cluster. In the eastern morning sky, four bright planets – Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn – stretch across the sky.