2025, March 11: A Venus Double Play

March 11, 2025: Venus is quickly disappearing from the evening sky and beginning to appear as the Morning Star before it passes between Earth and Sun, a Venus double play.

2025, February 11-12: Night of the Snow Moon

February 11-12, 2025: The Snow Moon follows the planet parade westward during the night. Find Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars after sundown.

2025, February 2: Moon, Six Planets Parade, Neptune’s Last Call

February 2, 2025: The moon, four bright planets, and two dim ones parade west during the night. This is the last time to look for Neptune until mid-year.

2025, January 25-February 2: Sky Watching – Venus is Guide to Neptune

January 25-February 2, 2025: Brilliant Evening Star Venus is a guide to Neptune, the most-distant planet in the modern solar system model.

2025, January 25: See Six Planets after Sunset, Morning Crescent Moon

January 25, 2025: Four bright planets – Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars – are easy to spot after sundown, dimmer Uranus and Neptune are challenging sights. See six planets after sunset.

2024, December 26: See Planets Uranus and Neptune in Nightly Planet Display

December 26, 2024: Dim planets Uranus and Neptune are visible during the nightly planet display that includes Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Saturn

2024, October 1: Look for Planets Uranus and Neptune

October 1, 2024: Planets Uranus and Neptune are visible through a binocular during the night. Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars are easily visible.

2024, September 9: Mercury-Regulus Conjunction, See Nightly Planet Parade

September 9, 2024: A Mercury-Regulus conjunction occurs in the eastern sky before sunrise. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are visible during the nightly planet parade.

2024, September 8: Mars Passes Star Cluster, See Nightly Planet Parade

September 8, 2024: Mars passes the star cluster Messier 35, at Castor’s foot. During the nightly planet parade see five bright planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.