![]() "Mercury will be farthest to the east and lower, Venus will be really bright and up above it and to the right, Mars will be orange to the southeast, Jupiter will be to the upper right and then Saturn will be to Jupiter's upper right, a little bit toward the south," Nichols said. Coincidentally, the planetary line will be in the order of the planets' distance from the sun. The moon will rejoin the planetary alignment starting May 21.įinally, around mid-June, Mercury will zip into place alongside the other four planets, Nichols said, with Earth's moon joining the party on June 17. ![]() The moon will move into this planetary conga line on April 23, appearing to the right and above Saturn, before moving out of view on April 29, when it will appear too close to the sun to be seen. Observers farther east and south in North America will have views in the wee hours of the morning, while those in the Pacific Northwest won't see the cluster rise until about an hour before sunrise.Īround April 17, Jupiter will join the line of Venus, Mars and Saturn. ![]() (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)Īs seen in the northern hemisphere, Venus, Saturn and Mars began to cluster in late March 2022, though whether they're far enough above the horizon to view before sunrise depends on your location. This sky chart shows the close conjunction of Mars and Saturn before sunrise on April 4.
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