When the Curves Line Up

June 13, 2022: Mercury continues its slow entrance into the morning sky to join the predawn planet parade.  After sundown, the bright moon is near Antares

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June 12, 2022:  Mercury is beginning to enter the morning sky to make a planet parade of the five brightest planets.  After sundown, the moon is near the Scorpion’s forehead

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June 11, 2022:  Four bright planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are in the eastern sky before sunrise. After sunset, the bright gibbous moon is near the Scorpion’s southern claw.

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June 10, 2022: Today four morning planets shine in the east before sunrise.  Today is the earliest sunrise time.  The bright evening moon is between Spica and the Scorpion’s pincers.

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June 9, 2022: The morning planet parade of five bright planets is forming in the eastern sky before sunrise.  The gibbous moon is near the star Spica after sunset.

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June 8, 2022: Bright stars adorn the morning sky along with the string of four morning planets.  The evening waxing moon nears the star Spica.

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June 7, 2022: The gap between the four bright morning planets continues to widen in the eastern predawn sky.  During the evening, the moon is in western Virgo.

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June 6, 2022:  The nine classic planets are in the sky simultaneously during late June.  Ambitious sky watchers should begin looking soon for Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto before Mercury joins the morni…

June 5, 2022:  Saturn begins to retrograde today. It leads the morning planet parade before daybreak.  As night falls the crescent moon is near the star Regulus and approaching Eta Leonis

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June 4, 2022: The four morning planets continue with their planet dance in the east before sunrise.  After sundown, the crescent moon, among the stars of Cancer is between Leo and Gemini.

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June 3, 2022: The four morning bright planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – are in the eastern sky.  Venus noticeably changes its place along the horizon.  The evening moon is with the Beehive…

June 2, 2022: The four morning planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn – continue to spread out along the ecliptic in the eastern sky before sunrise.  The moon is near the Gemini Twin Pollux after sun…

June 1, 2022: Four bright planets are scattered across the eastern horizon before sunrise.  Evening crescent moon is near the dwarf planet 1 Ceres.

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May 31, 2022: Venus and Mars scoot away from Jupiter and Saturn in the eastern morning sky.  The razor-thin crescent moon is visible after sundown.

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May 30, 2022: After yesterday’s conjunction, Mars is east of Jupiter trailing behind Venus.  In the evening four bright stars, leftovers from the winter evening sky are in the western sky.

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May 29, 2022: Mars passes Jupiter this morning in a relatively close conjunction. The separation is 0.6°.  Morning Star Venus and Saturn are nearby.

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May 28, 2022:  The four morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – are in the eastern sky before sunrise.  As the moon leaves the morning sky, it is visible low in the east-northeast during…

May 27, 2022: The razor-thin lunar crescent is near Morning Star Venus in the eastern sky before sunrise.  Mars continues to close in on Jupiter before their conjunction in two mornings.  Saturn is n…

May 26, 2022: The crescent moon nears Morning Star Venus. Mars closes in on Jupiter before their conjunction in three mornings.  Saturn is nearby.

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May 25, 2022: The moon bunches with Jupiter and Mars this morning, making the closest gathering of this celestial trio until 2026.  NASA’s Martian rover Perseverance captured a solar eclipse by the m…