Moscow: Six planets and the moon form a symbolic procession on the morning of August 28, stretching up on one side of the sun in a sector of about 160 degrees.
Some of them will be seen on the evening of August 27. All the planets, except Venus, will be located in the Earth’s sky on one side of the Sun and will be visible at the same time. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus will be in the eastern part of the sky, and Neptune and Saturn will be in the southwest.
In clear weather, all the planets except Neptune and Uranus can be seen with the naked eye.
However, it will be very difficult to find Mercury, since the visibility is less than an hour, because it is located very low on the horizon and lost against the background of sunlight. The planetarium explained that observing Neptune and Uranus requires a powerful telescope or binoculars.
The planets will be distributed in a sector of about 160 degrees, which is so wide that we can confidently call this phenomenon a “planetary procession,” but it allows it to be classified as a symbolic procession.
“March of the Planets”
It should be noted that a “planet march” is observed when several planets are visible with the naked eye, close enough to each other, and they can be seen in a narrow region (20-30 degree) of the sky. There are four planets in the minor procession, and there are five or more planets in the grand procession. Small processions occur about once every 20 years, and large processions occur less frequently.
The next big planetary show will take place on February 28, 2025. Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus and Uranus will rise in the evening sky, with Jupiter and Mars next to them (to the east). All seven planets will be on the same side of the sun.
