When the Curves Line Up

February 17, 2022:  Venus and Mars are in the morning, as Mercury departs.  The moon is in the western morning sky.  Jupiter leaves the evening sky.  Auriga is nearly overhead.

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February 16, 2022: The second Venus – Mars conjunction of a triple conjunction occurs this morning.  Mercury is at greatest elongation.  The nearly-full moon is in the west-northwest before sunrise.

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February 15, 2022: Mars nears a conjunction with Venus, the second of a triple conjunction.  Jupiter is disappearing from the evening sky.  The bright evening moon is near Leo.

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February 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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February 13, 2022: This morning Venus reaches its largest rising time interval before sunup.  Mars and Mercury are in the southeastern sky with the brilliant Morning Star.  Jupiter is the lone bright…

February 12, 2022:  Venus, Mercury, and Mars dance in the morning sky.  Jupiter slips into evening twilight.  The moon is in Gemini.

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February 11, 2022: Venus, Mercury, and Mars are in the southeast before sunrise.  Jupiter is in the west-southwest after sundown.  The moon looks like it’s being kicked by Castor.

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The Evening Sky, 2022:  The evening sky has planetary activity at the beginning of the year.  Mercury makes its best evening appearance during April.  The moon makes its monthly appearance with brigh…

February 10, 2022: Daylight and Darkness are equal today.  Brilliant Venus, Mercury, and Mars are in the southeast before sunup.  Jupiter and the bright moon are in the evening sky.

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February 9, 2022: After sunset, the gibbous moon, Aldebaran, and the Hyades snugly fit into a binocular field.  Jupiter is low in the west-southwest.  Before sunup, brilliant Venus, Mercury, and Mars…

February 8, 2022: Three planets – Venus, Mercury, and Mars – are in the southeastern sky before sunrise.  As night falls, Jupiter is low in the west-southwest.  The moon is near the Pleiades star clu…

February 7, 2022:  Venus, Mercury, and Mars shine in the southeast before sunup.  Jupiter is low in the west-southwest and the moon is high in the sky after sundown.

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February 4, 2022:  The sun is between Saturn and Earth today.  This is Saturn’s conjunction.  The language of sky watching.

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February 3, 2021:  Winter’s midpoint occurs this evening at 9:46 p.m. CDT. Groundhog Day is near the midway point of the season.

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February 2-9, 2022:  Mercury joins Venus and Mars as morning planets in the southeast before sunrise.  Mars moves in for its conjunction with Venus.

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January 30, 2022:  Morning Star Venus’ retrograde in the east-southeast before sunrise.  Venus joins Mars in the morning sky.  Jupiter is the lone bright planet in the evening sky.

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February 5, 2022:  Venus begins its interval of greatest brightness in the morning sky, with Mercury and Mars nearby.  Jupiter and the crescent moon are in the evening sky.

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February 2, 2022: Mars passes the top of the Teapot of Sagittarius before sunrise.  After sundown, the crescent moon appears with Jupiter in the west-southwest. Venus and Mercury are in the morning s…

January 18, 2022: Saturn slowly leaves the evening sky.  Bright Jupiter oversees the act from higher in the southwest.  In the morning, Venus, Mars, and the moon brighten the predawn sky.

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January 29, 2022:  Morning Star Venus, Mars, and the lunar crescent are loosely grouped together in the southeastern sky before sunrise.  Mercury is slowly entering the morning sky.  Bright Jupiter i…