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2022, June 24: Mercury, Venus, Moon, Mars, and Jupiter before sunrise.

2023, May 27: Morning Planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Evening Planets, Venus, Mars

May 3, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

May 27, 2023: Jupiter and Saturn are visible before daybreak.  Venus, Mars, and the gibbous moon are visible after nightfall.

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2023, May 26: Moon Occults Star, Planets Parade

May 2, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

May 26, 2023: After sundown, the moon occults or eclipses one of Leo’s stars for many sky watchers across the Americas.  Find Jupiter and Saturn before sunrise, and Venus and Mars after nightfall.

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2023, May 19: Morning Planets, Evening Planet Derby

April 25, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

May 19, 2023: Four bright planets are visible during the night.  Jupiter and Saturn are in the eastern sky before daybreak, while Venus and Mars race eastward after sundown.

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2023, May 18: Capella’s Heliacal Rising, Celestial Snake

April 24, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

May 18: The bright star Capella makes its first morning appearance, known as the heliacal rising. Look for Hydra’s dim stars during the night.

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2023, May 1: Moon below Tail, Disappearing Western Stars

April 7, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

May 1, 2023: The bright gibbous moon is in the southeastern sky after nightfall.  Venus and Mars appear in front of stars soon to disappear into bright evening twilight.

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2023, April 21: Morning Saturn, Evening Moon, Taurus Display

March 28, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

April 21, 2023: Before sunrise, Saturn is low in the east-southeast.  After sundown, a razor-thin moon appears with Taurus and its Pleiades star cluster.  Venus is nearby along with Mars.

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2023, April 8: Scorpion Moon, Four Bright Planets Nightly

March 15, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

April 8, 2023: The bright moon approaches the Scorpion during the night.  Saturn, Venus, Mercury, and Mars are visible during nighttime hours.

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2023, April 4: Venus Matches Sirius, Mercury Approaches Best View

March 11, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

April 4, 2023: Brilliant Venus and Sirius are about the same height above the horizon during the early evening.  Mercury is approaching its best evening sighting of the year for northern hemisphere sky watchers.

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2023, April 3: The Planets Parade

March 10, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy

April 3, 2023: Four planets – Venus, Mercury, Mars, and Saturn – are visible during nighttime hours.  The bright gibbous moon approaches the Full moon phase.

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2023, March 16: Handled Moon, Evening Planet Show

February 20, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

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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Chart Caption - 2023, May 28: Jupiter and Saturn are in the eastern sky before daybreak.
Chart Caption - 2023, May 28: During bright twilight, Mercury appears to the lower left of Jupiter. Use a binocular to see the speedy planet.
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Author's Notes: Jupiter and Saturn are in the eastern morning sky before daybreak. Mercury is below Jupiter during brighter twilight. The crescent moon is in the evening sky. Two bright planets are in the western evening sky. Look for Evening Star Venus. It is stepping eastward below Pollux. Mars marches eastward in Cancer, to the upper left of Pollux.

Chart Caption - 2023, May 27: Venus and Mars are with bright stars in the western sky after nightfall.
Chart Caption - 2023, May 27: The moon is near Leo’s Regulus and Denebola.
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Copyright Statement: This web site is written and edited by Dr. Jeffrey L. Hunt. The photos and diagrams are made by the author unless otherwise credited. Raw data is from the U.S. Naval Observatory, Starry Night computer program.

Content is derived from multiple astronomical sources, including the U.S. Naval Observatory, NASA, ESA, and various books, including Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets by Jean Meeus.  Starry Night and Stellarium computer programs are used as well.  Updates and corrections are made as required.  Some articles are updated at the time of actual astronomical events with new photographs.  The author strives for accurate information.

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