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.
Read more2022, 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.
Read more2022, 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.
Read more2022, May 8: Four Morning Planets, Evening Leo Moon
May 8, 2022: Four bright planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – stretch across the eastern sky. As night falls, the First Quarter moon is near Leo as Mercury is low in the west-northwest.
Read more2022, May 7: Eastern Planets, Evening Crabby Moon
May 7, 2022: Venus continues to stretch the gap to Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn in the eastern sky before sunrise. The evening moon is in front of Cancer while Mercury is low in the west-northwest.
Read more2022, May 6: Morning Planet Gems, Evening Moon
May 6, 2022: The four bright morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn, shining like gems on a necklace, stretch across the eastern sky. The evening moon is near Pollux while Mercury is quickly departing the western sky after sundown.
Read more2022, May 5: Four Morning Planets, Lovely Evening Lunar Crescent
May 5, 2022: Morning Star Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn gleam from the eastern sky this morning. A lovely lunar crescent is in front of the Gemini as Mercury recedes into bright twilight.
Read more2022, 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.
Read more2022, 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.
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