Saturday, June 11, 2022

Look up in June - 5 Planets Align

 This month a rare and beautiful sight will be visible in the early morning sky.  Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are lining up in June with a guest appearance between Venus and Mars by the waning crescent moon on June 24.  The best time to view will be in the 30 minutes before sunrise and should be visible to the naked eye.  For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere look toward the east to southeastern sky, Mercury will be low in the east and the other planets will form an arc upward toward the south.


Don’t miss it cos the next opportunity isn’t until 2040!

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