April 11, 2023: Jupiter is at solar conjunction. The sun is between Earth and Jupiter. Mercury is at its farthest from the sun in the evening sky. Venus continues its display with the Pleiades.
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Watching the Sun, Moon and Planets
April 11, 2023: Jupiter is at solar conjunction. The sun is between Earth and Jupiter. Mercury is at its farthest from the sun in the evening sky. Venus continues its display with the Pleiades.
Read moreMarch 11, 2023: After sundown, Mars is between Taurus’ horns. Venus and Jupiter are with 10° of the other until 2025. Look for the gibbous moon before sunrise and near midnight.
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 moreAugust 7, 2022: Summer reaches its mid-point shortly after midnight. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn parade across the morning sky. Evening’s bright gibbous moon is with Ophiuchus.
Read moreJuly 22, 2022: In the morning planet parade, the crescent moon is between Mars and the Pleiades star cluster. Through a binocular the moon is near Uranus. After sundown, Ophiuchus is in the south.
Read moreJuly 11, 2022: Four bright planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – are aligned in the morning sky. After sundown, the bright moon is with Ophiuchus.
Read moreJanuary 16, 2022: Mercury is leaving the evening sky, followed by Saturn. Bright Jupiter is in the southwest after sundown. Venus and Mars are in the southeast before sunup.
Read moreOctober 29, 2021: Venus reaches its greatest elongation from the sun. It is in the evening sky with Jupiter and Saturn. The crescent moon and Mercury are in the eastern sky before sunrise.
Read moreOctober 25, 2021: This morning the bright gibbous moon seems to be caught between the horns of Taurus. Mercury is making its best morning appearance. The planet pack – Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are in the evening sky.
Read moreOctober 21-November 1, 2021: Brilliant Venus steps through Ophiuchus to the upper left of the star Antares in the southwest after sunset . Afterward, the planet steps farther eastward.
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