What is Planet Parade?

About Planet Parade: 

• It refers to a situation when several planets in our solar system are visible in the night sky, at the same time. 
• This planetary meet-up, also known as a conjunction, makes the two planets appear close together or even touch in the Earth’s night sky. 
• This phenomenon is more an illusion of perspective rather than the planets being in a perfect line in space.
• Planets have different motions in the sky. They move at different rates compared to the other stars.
• Not all of them are visible in the sky everyday, but sometimes a position comes about so that many or all the planets are visible at the same time, or within a few hours of each other.
• According to NASA, such events, especially those involving four or more planets, are noteworthy and do not occur annually.

Q1: When to see the parade of planets?

Planetary alignment is a term used in astronomy to describe the event when several planets gather in a small sky area. This event may also be colloquially called a “planetary parade.” The next alignment of six planets is on January 21, 2025; the next alignment of seven planets will take place on February 28, 2025.

Source: Is the ongoing ‘planet parade’ rare?

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