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| Three planets and the Moon will line up on the night of August 19 |
| 2025-08-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] In the northern hemisphere, on the night of August 19, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and the Moon will line up. This was reported by the solar astronomy laboratory of the Space Research Institute and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The parade of planets can be observed in all regions of Russia in the east approximately an hour before sunrise local time. Venus and Jupiter have been close for about two weeks now. Mercury joined them recently. The Moon will be in the right position for only one night tonight and will move to the neighboring part of the sky on August 19. The laboratory explained that only six bodies of the solar system can be seen from Earth: the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. This time, while the planet parade is going on, Saturn will be in the southwest. To see it, just turn right. At the same time, Mars will be below the horizon tonight at the time of the parade, so it will not be visible. "To see the full parade, Mercury must rise, which will appear only an hour and a half before sunrise. In Moscow, the optimal time will be four in the morning. In other regions of the country, you can focus on the time of sunrise and subtract an hour from it," the laboratory reported. Since Mercury will be at an altitude of no more than five degrees at the time of observation, a clear horizon will be needed to photograph the entire parade. The other three celestial bodies – Venus, Jupiter and the Moon – will be visible even above the rooftops of houses in large cities – that’s how high they will be in the sky. Scientists reminded that the Earth is currently passing through the Perseid meteor shower, and meteors can also be observed at night. |
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