August 12, 2022: Sirius is making its first morning appearance – the heliacal rising. Saturn, nearing its solar opposition, appears in the morning with Venus, Mars, and Jupiter. The Ringed Wonder is in the evening sky as well.
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Watching the Sun, Moon and Planets
August 12, 2022: Sirius is making its first morning appearance – the heliacal rising. Saturn, nearing its solar opposition, appears in the morning with Venus, Mars, and Jupiter. The Ringed Wonder is in the evening sky as well.
Read moreApril 10, 2022: Four bright planets, Venus, Mars, and Saturn, are in the east-southeastern sky before sunrise. The moon is in front of the dim stars of Cancer during the early evening.
Read moreApril 9, 2022: Venus, Mars, and Saturn are the morning planets. Mars marches away from Saturn. The evening moon is near Pollux and the Gemini Twins.
Read moreApril 8, 2022: Begin counting days to the solstice. Morning planets Venus, Mars, and Saturn are in the east-southeast. The evening moon is near Castor and Pollux.
Read moreApril 7, 2022: Venus, Mars, and Saturn are visible during morning twilight. Jupiter is slowly joining them in the eastern sky. The evening moon is under a celestial umbrella.
Read moreMarch 23, 2022: The bright moon is near Antares, while Venus, Mars, and Saturn dance in the morning sky. The stars of the Orion region are in the western sky during the evening.
Read moreMarch 19, 2022: Venus and Mars are in a footrace toward Saturn leading up to a rare planetary grouping. The morning moon is in the west-southwest. Cancer is in the south during early evening.
Read moreMarch 12, 2022: Morning planets, Venus, Mars, and Saturn are in the southeast before sunrise. The bright, gibbous moon is high in the southeast, near the star Pollux.
Read moreMarch 11, 2022: Venus, Mars, and Saturn are in the southeastern sky before sunrise. After nightfall, the moon uses the stars of Gemini as its starry backdrop
Read moreFebruary 14: 2022: Venus is at its greatest brilliancy this morning. It is joined by Mercury and Mars. Jupiter slips in the evening sky. A bright evening moon.
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