How to see the moon, Venus, Jupiter and Mars line up in the sky

On 24 March, the moon and Venus volition look adjacent unneurotic successful the nighttime sky, wherever you are successful the world. They volition besides enactment up with the agleam Jupiter and Mars, and the faint Uranus. The satellite volition beryllium a tiny sliver, with conscionable 12 per cent of the broadside facing Earth illuminated.

How to spot the moon, Venus and Jupiter

Wherever you live, look westbound conscionable aft the prima has set. You volition spot 2 agleam objects successful the sky, 1 supra the other. These are Jupiter and Venus. Jupiter volition beryllium person to the horizon, mounting soon aft sunset. Venus volition beryllium brighter and higher successful the sky. Look supra Venus and you volition spot the crescent moon. They volition some beryllium sitting successful betwixt the constellations of Pisces and Taurus.

How to spot Jupiter’s moons

If you person binoculars oregon a tiny telescope, you tin constituent them astatine Jupiter to look for 3 of its 4 largest moons, called the Galilean moons. Callisto volition beryllium excessively adjacent to the satellite to see, but you mightiness beryllium capable to marque retired Europa, Io and Ganymede, which volition look successful a enactment successful this bid connected 24 March aft sunset, with Ganymede the furthest from Jupiter.

How to look for Uranus

Uranus volition besides beryllium disposable but lone for those with binoculars and entree to a acheronian sky, distant from airy pollution. Uranus volition beryllium conscionable adjacent to the crescent moon, adjacent person to the satellite than Venus.

How to spot Mars

Draw an imaginary enactment betwixt the planets and the satellite and widen it: adjacent further up from the horizon, you volition scope a reddish, agleam object. This is Mars. It volition beryllium successful the constellation Gemini, adjacent to the 2 agleam “twin” stars, Castor and Pollux.

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