Naked-eye PLANETS:

- Around Sunset – Mars (SW) until 11pm, Mercury (W – last two weeks)

- Throughout the night – None

- Morning – Saturn (SE), Venus (SE), Jupiter (SE)

Mercury:

Should be able to catch it after sunset in the West, less than one fist-width above the horizon,

but only for the last two weeks.

Venus:

Rises around 4:00am, and is the brightest object in the morning sky, other than the Moon, and

trails Jupiter by about one fist-width at the beginning of the month, and 3.5 fist-widths by the

end of the month. Close to Saturn on the 18 th .

Mars:

Mars is already in the SW around sunset, traveling toward the W and setting a little after 11pm

each night. Moves into Aries throughout the month. Dimmer, but still brighter than its

surroundings.

Jupiter:

Rising around 3am, Jupiter will be very bright in the morning, and the highest one in the SE.

Saturn:

In the beginning of the month, Saturn rises in the SE around 6am, after and below Venus, but

rises earlier each day. By the end of the month, it rises at 4am and is on the opposite side of

Venus. It will pass, and be closet to, Venus on the 18 th .

 

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