May 29, 2023: After sundown, Venus passes Pollux, a Gemini Twin, in wide conjunction. Mars is nearby. Jupiter and Saturn are visible before daybreak.
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Watching the Sun, Moon and Planets
May 29, 2023: After sundown, Venus passes Pollux, a Gemini Twin, in wide conjunction. Mars is nearby. Jupiter and Saturn are visible before daybreak.
Read moreApril 9, 2023: Venus nears the Pleiades as Mercury reaches for greatest elongation in the western evening sky. Mars marches eastward in Gemini. Saturn is in the morning sky.
Read moreJanuary 28, 2023: After sundown, the slightly gibbous moon is near Uranus. Mercury is low in the southeastern sky before sunrise.
Read moreOctober 8, 2022: Mercury is at greatest elongation today and visible before sunrise. The nearly full moon is with Jupiter after sundown.
Read moreOctober 6, 2022: Mercury is making its best morning appearance of the year. Mars marches eastward with Taurus. The gibbous moon is between Jupiter and Saturn.
Read moreJune 20 – 29, 2022: The five bright planets are visible in the eastern sky before sunrise. They are visible in solar system order – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn from the sunrise point
Read moreJune 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.
Read moreMarch 20, 2022: Spring arrives this morning at 10:33 a.m. CDT and Venus is at greatest elongation earlier in the morning. Morning planets Venus, Mars, and Saturn are in the east-southeast before sunrise.
Read moreFebruary 16, 2022: The second Venus – Mars conjunction of a triple conjunction occurs this morning. Mercury is at greatest elongation. The nearly-full moon is in the west-northwest before sunrise.
Read moreJanuary 7, 2022: Mars is visible before sunrise, while Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter – along with the crescent moon – are in the evening sky. Venus is nearing inferior conjunction and an appearance in the morning sky.
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