People in the northern hemisphere will be able to see Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars during the planetary parade. The next full moon will happen on Feb. 12. Known as the snow moon, it will hit its full phase at 7:53 a.m. CT.

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you identify them.

Because planets always appear in a line, the alignment isn't anything out of the norm. What's less common is seeing so many bright planets at once.

Throughout much of January and February, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will be visible splayed out in a long arc across the heavens, with Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn being ...

The best time to see this row of planets is on Friday evening (January 31) at 6.45pm UK time, according to Starwatch. If stargazers join up Venus, Jupiter and Saturn and Mars with an imaginary line in the sky, this will reveal the ecliptic path that the Sun, Moon and planets all follow.

It has been a busy start to 2025 for astronomy lovers with plenty of planets spread across the sky, the moon passing between Mars and Earth in an eclipse-like event, and, in the Southern Hemisphere, views of a comet.

Although planets are technically always ‘aligned’ because they orbit the solar system on the same plane (the ecliptic), it’s rare to see four or five planets at once – and even more rare for them to appear in a line in the sky. The best time to see this row of planets is on Friday evening (January 31) at 6.45pm UK time, according to Starwatch.

Up to seven planets are set to align in the night sky over the UK in January and February - here's when and how to see the rare event.

Four planets will visible to the naked eye this week - a rare occurrence that only happens once every few years. UK skies will be graced by the rare 'planetary parade', showing Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in a line. Neptune and Uranus should also be visible with a telescope.

A rare 'planetary parade' will be visible to the naked eye in the UK this week, as Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn sit in a row

Venus, the brightest point of light in the sky, is two and a half fists held upright and at arm’s length above the southwestern horizon. Saturn is a half

There's a blood Moon eclipse over America and Europe this March. On March 13 and 14 2025, the full Moon will travel through Earth's shadow to create a lunar eclipse. This is a spectacular lunar light show which makes the Moon's surface turn reddish.