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ASTRONOMY

You can’t miss it: these are the best places to see the 2025 alignment of planets from the U.S.

Six planets will align this month. Find out when and how you can watch this phenomenon in the United States.

Parade of the Planets

The New Year kicks off with a unique astronomical phenomenon - the Planet Parade, when six planets will align and be visible in the night sky for the next five weeks.

Starting January 21, six planets: Venus, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars will be positioned in a rare planetary alignment, gathered not in a straight line, because their orbits aren’t on the same plane, but grouped closely on one side of the Sun.

What is a planetary alignment?

A a planetary alignment is a visual phenomenon when several planets appear close together in a small sky sector, as seen from the Earth. There are eight planets in our Solar System, including the Sun which the others orbit. For 70 years, Pluto was considered as a plant before being reclassified as a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2006.

Once night falls, you’ll be able to observe Venus and Saturn in the southwest, Jupiter high overhead, and Mars in the east. Uranus and Neptune will also be visible - but only with a powerful telescope or binoculars.

When is the 2025 Planet Parade?

The 2025 Planet Parade begins Tuesday January 21 and runs through to Friday February 28. The best days to observe the phenomenon will be Wednesday January 29, with the planets illuminated by the New Moon on a clear night.

The planet parade will be visible on clear nights during the first few hours of darkness in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

The next full alignment will take place on or around February 28 when all seven planets: Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars will be visible at the same time. The last time all planets aligned was on April 8, 2024. NASA estimate that the best place in the US to observe the seven-planets alignment will be New York on February 25, when the plants will group across a 157-degree sky sector not long after the Sun sets.

It is a rare phenomenon. The next time all Solar System planets, including Earth, will gather on one side of the Sun will be just before dawn on May 19, 2161.

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