During early May, the triangular formation of the planets will gradually shift in the morning sky. For instance, on the morning of May 9, Neptune, Venus and Saturn will align in a nearly perfect ...

Stargazers in the U.S. can find the cosmic trio loitering above the eastern horizon in the hours preceding dawn on Sunday, June 22. Venus will be visible shining to the lower right of the sickle ...

The Moon passes 7° north of Venus at 5 A.M. EDT. An hour before sunrise the pair is easy to see in the east, nearly 20° high in the constellation Aries. Venus is the brightest point of light in ...

Stargazers in the U.S. can see Venus rising around 3 a.m. local time, with the Pleiades star cluster visible as a smudge of light under dark sky conditions less than 7 degrees to Venus' upper left ...

Venus reaches greatest western elongation 46° from the Sun at midnight on May 31. The brilliant planet (magnitude –4.4) rises at 3:30 a.m. local daylight time on June 1 and begins the month ...

During May, Venus dominates as the brilliant “Morning Star” in the east-southeast before dawn; the Eta Aquariid meteor shower takes place; the moon has some nice pairings with stars and ...

In February, stargazers enjoyed a rare occurrence: All seven of Earth's planetary siblings dotted the night sky at once. And later this year in August , four planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter ...

May 3: Moon meets Mars with Beehive Star Cluster . On the night of May 3, Mars and a half moon will appear to nearly meet in the western sky. According to stargazing app SkySafari, the large ...

Venus, the bright "Morning ... The second planet from the sun was the beginning of a new apparition — a period when a planet is visible in the night sky — that will last for the remainder of 2025.

June 22: The waning crescent moon in the east-southeast sky before dawn is above the beautiful and bright Venus. Look for earthshine on the moon . Try taking a smartphone/camera picture.

Venus is the brightest point of light in the sky, shining at magnitude –4.2. To its upper left is the delicate crescent Moon, some 26 days old and 13 percent lit.