What is Planet Parade?

Table of Contents☰

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?