‘Parade of planets’: Every planet visible to end February 2025

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The other seven planets in our solar system are aligned in a way that we can see them in the night sky, though some may be harder to spot with the naked eye.

You can see the planets on Thursday and Friday nights.

Planets will group on one side of the sun every once in a while, to be visible across a band of Earth’s sky.

A similar “parade of planets” happened last year in June, but only two planets were visible without help from other equipment. Six planets in January could be seen (four to the naked eye), but now Mercury joins in.

This time around

Visible to the naked eye:

• Venus
• Mars
• Jupiter

Close to the horizon, harder to see:

• Mercury (dim)
• Saturn

May need the help of telescope or binoculars:

• Uranus
• Neptune

A handful of planets can usually be seen in the night sky commonly, but the sun’s light or the horizon often blocks the view.

So be sure to go out after sunset as we have clear, cloudless skies for viewing both nights, too!

There will be another chance in late August to see four planets, but after that – an event like this may not happen until October 2028.

Meteorologist Jessica Blum 
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