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Draw a line between the two planets, then follow that line upwards to find Jupiter high overhead. Sky chart showing the planets visible to the naked eye after dark in January. NASA/JPL-Caltech
On Jan. 18, 2025, there will be six planets in the alignment: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn. On Feb. 28, 2025, all planets will be on the same side of the sun for a great ...
Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, ... Then on 28 February, seven planets will align in a spectacular configuration that will not occur again until the year 2040.
Mars 4.8° East July 1, 2015 14:17:16 Venus 24' south of Jupiter 42.2° East July 16, 2015 04:29:03 Mercury 8' south of Mars 8.9° West July 31, 2015 19:47:59 Venus 6°26' south of Jupiter 19.5° East August 5, 2015 08:52:16 Mercury 8°11' north of Venus 13.1° East August 7, 2015 04:04:09 Mercury 35' north of Jupiter 14.6° East August 29, 2015
The ascending nodes of both planets are similar (100.6 degrees for Jupiter and 113.7 degrees for Saturn), meaning if Saturn is above or below Earth's orbital plane Jupiter usually is too. Because these nodes align so well it would be expected that no closest approach will ever be much worse than the difference between the two inclinations.
A triple conjunction between Mars and Jupiter occurred. At the first conjunction on May 26, 929, Mars, whose brightness was −1.8 mag, stood 3.1 degrees south of Jupiter with a brightness of −2.6 mag. The second conjunction took place on July 4, 929, whereby Mars stood 5.7 degrees south of Jupiter. Both planets were −2.8 mag bright.
Four planets are a small alignment, which we saw during April 8’s eclipse. ... Feb. 28, 2025 and Aug. 9, 2025 will have seven planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. ...
Three triple conjunctions occur within two years, between Mars-Jupiter, Mars-Neptune and Jupiter-Neptune. 2723 Pluto's orbit brings it closer to the Sun than Neptune for the fourth time since its discovery. 2729 September 8 The distance between Mars and Earth will arrive at a new minimum, at 55,651,033.122 km.