May 17, 2022: Four bright morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn are in the eastern sky. Venus’ veil of clouds hides its surface. Farther westward, the moon is near Antares.
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2022, May 16: Morning Planets, Jupiter Feature, Evening Moon
May 16, 2022: After the eclipse overnight, the moon is in the western sky. Four planet gems are in the eastern sky. The moon returns to the evening sky about two hours after sunset near Antares.
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2022, May 15: Lunar Eclipse, Morning Planet Gems
May 15, 2022: Look for a spectacular perigee lunar eclipse after sunset. This occurs between the Scorpion’s pincers and forehead. Before sunrise, four bright planets are in the eastern sky.
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2022, May 14: Morning Planets, Featuring Mars, Bright Evening Moon
May 14, 2022: Four bright planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – stretch across the eastern sky before sunrise. One evening before its total eclipse, the bright moon is in the southeast as night falls.
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2022, May 13: Morning Planets, Evening Moon, Raven
May 13, 2022: The four morning planets are visible in the eastern sky before sunrise. As night falls, the waxing gibbous moon is near Spica. Corvus the Raven is nearby.
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2022, May 12: Bejeweled Morning Planets, Bright Evening Moon
May 12, 2022: The four bright morning planet gems – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – continue to sparkle in the eastern sky. The bright gibbous moon is in the southern sky after sunset
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2022, May 11: Morning Planet Gems, Goodbye Mercury
May 11, 2022: Four bright morning planet gems – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – are stretched out along the eastern horizon. During the evening hours, Mercury recedes into bright twilight.
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2022, May 10: Morning Planet String, Mercury in Disappearing Act
May 10, 2022: The four morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – are along the eastern horizon before sunup. Mercury begins to retrograde as it moves toward bright twilight along with winter’s evening stars.
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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.
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2022, April 5: Mars – Saturn Conjunction Before Sunrise
April 5, 2022: Today is a Mars – Saturn conjunction. Mars slowly passes Saturn in the eastern sky before sunrise. Morning Star Venus is to the lower left of the conjunction.
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