‘Planet Parade’: 5 Planets and Moon to Form Cosmic Lineup in June–Here’s What You Need to Know

‘Planet Parade’: 5 Planets and Moon to Form Cosmic Lineup in June–Here’s What You Need to Know
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Michael Wing
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Kicking off June with a cosmic showstopper, a five-planet parade has already begun gracing the morning sky and will continue to greet early risers for the rest of the month.

A rare gathering of several visible planets, which we’ve been enjoying in the predawn heavens for the last few months—including several close conjunctions—has now started spacing out. The result? A lineup of all five “naked-eye planets” of our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, in that order. Coincidentally, that’s their natural order from the sun, making the already-rare spectacle even more extraordinary. The celestial series stretches from low in the eastern horizon to higher in the south.

Michael Wing
Michael Wing
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Michael Wing is a writer and editor based in Calgary, Canada, where he was born and educated in the arts. He writes mainly on culture, human interest, and trending news.
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