August 18, 2022: The moon approaches Mars and the Pleiades before their rare grouping tomorrow morning. The Milky Way is visible on moonless August evenings.
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2022, August 17: Morning Moon, Planets, Evening Milky Way
August 17, 2022: This morning the moon appears along the string of four morning planets that stretch from horizon to horizon. Without a bright moon, look for the Milky Way after the end of evening twilight.
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2022, August 10: Morning Planet Parade, Bright Moon Nearly All Night
August 10, 2022: The four bright morning planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – continue to parade across the morning sky. The bright moon leads Saturn and Jupiter westward during the evening hours.
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2022, August 2: Morning Planet Parade Widens, Evening Lunar Crescent
August 2, 2022: Venus speeding away from Earth and our planet passing Saturn widens the morning planet parade. The evening lunar crescent is with the stars of Virgo.
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2022, July 31: Morning Planets, Evening Earthshine
July 31, 2022: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are scattered across the plane of the solar system before sunrise. The crescent moon, displaying earthshine, is visible in the west after sundown.
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2022, July 18: Morning Planet Breakup, Double Saturn View
July 18, 2022: The morning planet parade is slowly breaking up. The Venus – Saturn gap continues to widen. Orion’s Bellatrix is making its first morning appearance. Saturn appears in the east-southeast as evening twilight ends.
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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.
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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 14: Double Exposed Moon, Morning Planets
June 14, 2022: The moon is visible before sunrise in the southwest, along with the morning planets in the eastern sky. The lunar orb is visible about two hours after sunset in the southeast.
Read more2022, June 13: Mercury Becoming Morning Planet, Evening Antares, Moon
June 13, 2022: Mercury continues its slow entrance into the morning sky to join the predawn planet parade. After sundown, the bright moon is near Antares
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