February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

Look about an hour before sunrise on Feb. 1 and find Venus, bright but very low, in the southeast, with much dimmer Mercury to its lower left. Far to Venus’s upper right shines Saturn, and ...

It should be worth watching because Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn—as well as the First Quarter Moon—will all be visible in the east just before the “solstice sunrise.” ...

1. Mercury and the moon will be together in the sky for a couple of hours before sunrise. Mercury should rise around 6 a.m. local time and be right next to the moon. The moon will be nearly a new ...