Five Planets to Line Up in Sky This Month in Rare Conjunction Will Be Visible With Naked Eyes: How to Watch
June’s dawn holds a planetary spectacle! Before the sun steals the show, catch five naked-eye planets aligned like cosmic pearls on a string. Look east to south (Northern Hemisphere) or east to north (Southern Hemisphere) for Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, shining in their solar-system order. Don’t miss this predawn planetary parade!
Forget ephemeral meteor showers! A magnificent cosmic event is about to unfold: a uncommon meet-up of five planets! We normally classify planetary pairings as rather common so to practically never see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn all in one sight is quite a cosmic treat. A missed opportunity in December 2004? This one promises to be more spectacular, with Mercury and Saturn holding a very intimate meet-up. Go ahead and be dazzled!
While this arrangement should be visible throughout this month, some dates are particularly important, according to Sky & Telescope.
So it’s a date, then! Mercury and Saturn will range within really close proximity on June 3rd and 4th. Be swift! These two are among the most elusive planets to admire in the dawn skies and are visible for less than 30 minutes; Mercury gleams just above the horizon before the Sun takes same grandeur away from them. Bathe in manifolds glory of this celestial waltz!
June 24th: Wake up to see a ballet in the skies. For a mere hour after sunrise, a grand planetary spectacle unfolds. Mercury and Saturn drift apart (over 107 degrees), while the waning crescent Moon, placed in a splendid position between brilliant Venus and fiery Mars, is a breathtaking substitute for our Earth in the cosmic parade. Do not miss this!
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Dust off your alarm clocks, stargazers! A rare celestial dance is about to unfold. The entire month will see five planets align in the pre-dawn sky, a sight good enough even for partly cloudy skies. Wash away that city glow; find a nicely unobstructed horizon, and gear up for births from down below and a planetary symphony across the heavens.
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