March 16, 2023: The morning crescent moon is seen against the Teapot’s handle stars. After sundown, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars are easily visible as spring nears.
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Watching the Sun, Moon and Planets
March 16, 2023: The morning crescent moon is seen against the Teapot’s handle stars. After sundown, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars are easily visible as spring nears.
Read moreFebruary 16, 2023: Saturn is at conjunction today. The morning crescent moon is with Sagittarius, popularly known as the Teapot. The three bright outer planets are in the evening sky.
Read moreFebruary 15, 2023: The morning moon, showing earthshine, is with Ophiuchus in the south-southeast. Brilliant Venus is east of Neptune through a binocular.
Read moreFebruary 14, 2023: Before daybreak, the thick crescent moon is near Antares. After sundown, Venus moves past Neptune during the next two evenings.
Read moreFebruary 10, 2023: The morning gibbous moon is between Spica and Porrima. Three bright planets are visible after sundown. Through a binocular Venus approaches fainter Neptune.
Read moreJanuary 26, 2023: Mercury is the lone bright planet in eastern morning sky before sunup. Four bright planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – and the moon parade in the evening sky.
Read more2023: The evening sky has a parade of bright planets, featuring Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Mars. Venus passes Saturn and Jupiter after sunset, but it does not reach Mars.
Read moreDecember 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.
Read moreDecember 25, 2022: The five bright planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – put on a Christmas Evening display after sunset.
Read moreDecember 24, 2022: After sundown, the crescent moon joins the rare five-planet display with Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars.
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