Mercury will be visible but low over the western horizon as it
moves toward eastern elongation on the 7th. By around the middle of the month it will be too low to be seen.
Venus is visible at sunset over the western horizon. Follow the brightest planet
as it moves eastward toward Saturn and Mars and its eastern elongation on the 20th.
Marswill not appear as large as the full Moon this month.
Never has and never will!! This month Mars will be visible over the western horizon at sunset as the graphic shows.
The red planet will pass within 2 degrees from Saturn on the 1st and will be within about
3 degrees from Venus on the 10th and become as close as about 2 degrees by the 19th.
Jupiter rises around midnight at the beginning of the month and by around 2200
by month's end. Jupiter stays within about 2 degrees from Uranus - close enough to be used as a locator
for the considerably dimmer planet. This graphic shows the two planets as sen through 10x50 binoculars.
Saturn is very low over the western horizon at sunset and is easily
located by using the proximity of Mars and Venus.
Venus is visible at sunset over the western horizon. Follow the brightest planet
as it moves eastward toward Saturn and Mars and its eastern elongation on the 20th.
Jupiter rises around midnight at the beginning of the month and by around 2200
by month's end. Jupiter stays within about 2 degrees from Uranus - close enough to be used as a locator
for the considerably dimmer planet. This graphic shows the two planets as sen through 10x50 binoculars.