February 18, 2023: The predawn sky has the brightest stars in the celestial northern hemisphere. After sundown, Venus approaches Jupiter and Mars marches eastward with Taurus.
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Watching the Sun, Moon and Planets
February 18, 2023: The predawn sky has the brightest stars in the celestial northern hemisphere. After sundown, Venus approaches Jupiter and Mars marches eastward with Taurus.
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 8, 2023: The gibbous moon is visible before daybreak and again later in the evening. With brilliant Venus and Jupiter in the west-southwest, Mars marches eastward against Taurus in the southeastern sky.
Read moreJanuary 30, 2023: Saturn leaves the evening sky. The moon passes very close to Mars. Mars has a wide conjunction with Aldebaran
Read moreJanuary 29, 2023: Mercury is at its greatest angular separation from the sun during morning twilight. After sundown, look for four planets and the gibbous moon near the Pleiades star cluster.
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 moreJanuary 23, 2023: Mercury is visible in the southeast before sunup. Saturn, Venus, Moon, Jupiter, and Mars span the sky after sundown in a pretty planet parade.
Read moreJanuary 22, 2023: This evening is the Venus-Saturn conjunction. The Evening Star passes 0.4° to the lower left of Saturn. Elusive Mercury is visible before sunup.
Read moreJanuary 21, 2023: The lunar New Year starts at the New Moon. One evening before their conjunction, Venus closes in on Saturn. Two famous triangles are visible after sundown.
Read moreJanuary 20, 2023: Mercury is visible in low in the southeastern sky. The Venus-Saturn conjunction occurs in two nights. Venus closes in.
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