December 28, 2022: Not until 2028 are the five bright planets visible again. Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars are strung across the evening sky. The opportunity to see them is quickly ending.
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Tag: Neptune
2022, December 25: Christmas Five Planet Display
December 25, 2022: The five bright planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – put on a Christmas Evening display after sunset.
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2022, December 24: Lunar Crescent Joins Five Planet Display
December 24, 2022: After sundown, the crescent moon joins the rare five-planet display with Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars.
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2022, December 10: Gemini Moon, Overnight Planets
December 10, 2022: The moon is with the Gemini Twins during the night. Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn continue their overnight display, making the plane of the solar system.
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2022, December 9: Early Birds, Venus and Mercury, Bright Planet Exhibition
December 9, 2022: Venus and Mercury are beginning to appear in the southwest. The current view is in bright twilight. After dark, the moon, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn hang across the sky.
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2022, December 3: Bright Evening Moon, Planetary Display
December 3, 2022: The bright gibbous moon is east of bright Jupiter – that bright star in the southeast after sunset – tonight. During the evening, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are in display.
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2022, November 27: Evening Planet Menagerie, Earthshine
November 27, 2022: The classic solar system is east of the sun appearing in the evening. Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are easy to find. The evening crescent displays earthshine.
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2022, November 22: Thin Lunar Crescent, See Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
November 22, 2022: The thin lunar crescent is visible in the east-southeast before daybreak. During the night Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is visible in the planet’s southern hemisphere.
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2022, November 18: Mars-Beta Tauri Conjunction, Evening Bright Outer Planets
November 18, 2022: Tonight, Mars passes Beta Tauri – the northern horn of Taurus. Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are visible along the solar system’s plane during the evening.
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2022-2023: Evening Star Venus
2022-2023: Venus has a prominent display in the evening sky, appearing with the crescent moon, Venus, and Jupiter. Later in the apparition, it groups with the moon, Mercury, Mars, and Regulus.
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