June 1, 2023: Marching eastward, Mars nears the Beehive star cluster. Jupiter and Saturn are visible before sunrise. Brilliant Venus joins Mars after sundown.
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Watching the Sun, Moon and Planets
June 1, 2023: Marching eastward, Mars nears the Beehive star cluster. Jupiter and Saturn are visible before sunrise. Brilliant Venus joins Mars after sundown.
Read moreMay 31, 2023: Jupiter and Saturn are visible before sunrise. Venus shines brightly from the western sky until about midnight.
Read moreApril 1, 2023: Venus begins to approach the Pleiades star cluster after sundown. The moon covers or occults Eta Leonis during the night.
Read moreMarch 31, 2023: Saturn is visible in the east-southeast before sunrise. Three planets – Venus, Mercury, and Mars – are in the sky with the gibbous moon during the night.
Read moreMarch 30, 2023: A Venus-Uranus conjunction occurs this evening after sundown. Use a binocular to see the dimmer planet. Saturn is visible before sunrise in the east-southeast.
Read moreMarch 28, 2023: Saturn continues to make its first morning appearance for northern hemisphere sky watches. The First Quarter Moon is near Mars after sundown.
Read moreMarch 27, 2023: A Jupiter-Mercury conjunction occurs during bright evening twilight. Saturn is making its first appearance in the eastern sky before sunrise.
Read moreMarch 26, 2023: Mars moves into Gemini this evening at the foot of Castor. Jupiter leaves the evening sky as Mercury enters.
Read moreMarch 24, 2023: After sunset, the lovely crescent moon is above Venus. Through a binocular, Venus and Uranus are visible in the same field of view.
Read moreJanuary 28, 2023: After sundown, the slightly gibbous moon is near Uranus. Mercury is low in the southeastern sky before sunrise.
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