Skywatch Alert: Rare Planet Parade to Dazzle Pre-Dawn Skies This Week

The Global Planet Parade of September 2025

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00:00Hello, Star Lovers.

00:03Before the first light of morning touches the rooftops, the solar system is ready for

00:07a quiet performance.

00:09In the pre-dawn hours of September 18th through 20, 2025, a rare planet parade will stretch

00:15across the eastern horizon.

00:17From New York and Los Angeles to London, Berlin, Paris, Sydney and Melbourne, anyone willing

00:22to wake early can watch several worlds trace a single arc of light.

00:27This parade happens because all the major planets orbit in nearly the same plane.

00:32From Earth's perspective, they sometimes appear to gather along the ecliptic, like beads on

00:36an invisible string.

00:38In this September display, Venus and Jupiter will blaze brightest.

00:43Saturn will hover higher, and Uranus and Neptune will wait for those with binoculars or a small

00:48telescope.

00:49The moment is brief.

00:50Step outside about 45 minutes before your local sunrise.

00:54Whether that's 5.45 a.m. in Boston, 6.15 a.m. in London, or 5.20 a.m. in Sydney.

01:00Face east, find an open horizon, and give your eyes a few minutes to adjust.

01:06City dwellers might climb a rooftop or head to a dark beach or countryside ridge.

01:11A simple pair of binoculars will reveal rings, moons, and subtle colors hidden to the naked

01:17eye.

01:18This is the first time the planets have performed.

01:21A six-planet spectacle lit up skies August 17-20, 2025, and earlier this year, a seven-planet

01:29array amazed observers worldwide.

01:32The next widely visible gathering of five or more planets isn't expected until October

01:3622, 2028, making this September's show a rare invitation.

01:41Astronomers and sky-watching guides from NASA, Earthsky, Levescience, Farmer's Almanac, and

01:48Space.com have all confirmed the timing and visibility.

01:53Their calculations map the orbits with precision.

01:55The magic is in the moment.

01:57Standing under a darkening sky in America, the UK, across Europe or Australia, watching

02:04worlds hundreds of millions of miles apart, seem to glide together for just a few dawns.

02:10During a thermos of coffee, maybe a camera, and patience for the silence.

02:14For a few minutes, the vast machinery of the cosmos will reveal itself one elegant line of

02:19light reminding.

02:21Every corner of Earth that we share the same sky.