Parade Of Planets 2024: Tips For Sky Watchers From NASA

Asmita Ravi Shankar

MEET UP OF MARS AND SATURN WITH MOON

A reddish Mars will be seen just beneath the crescent Moon, while the Saturn will be spotted nearby with them in the lower east portion.

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MOON BENEATH MARS

According to NASA, the crescent moon will sit beneath Mars in the morning twilight on June 3. The parade of planets will also be visible across India.

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JUPITER EMERGES AS MORNING PLANET

The morning after, Jupiter emerges as the morning planet after passing behind the Sun as per the view from Earth.

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JUPITER CLIMBS HIGHER

After June 24, Jupiter begins climbing higher by the day as the month of July approaches.

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MOON WITH SATURN

Moon and Saturn's pair rises high at midnight on June 27 and are seen high in the southern sky by dawn.

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EASILY OBSERVED PLANETS

Of the five easily observed planets in the sky are Mars and Jupiter, with the latter sometimes appearing too bright, like a shining beacon.

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SATURN SPOTTED WITH NAKED EYE

Saturn is also among the planets that can be easily spotted with a naked or unaided eye.

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PLANETS SHINE STEADILY

The easiest way to tell planets and stars apart is that the former shines steadily, while the latter twinkles.

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RISE EAST, SET WEST

Both planets and stars rise in the east and set in the west and they move very slowly across the sky.

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FULL MOON ON JUNE 21

Passing through its June phases, the Moon will be at its full on June 21, the US space agency said.

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