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2022 alignment of five planets and the Moon

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Solar planets alignment June 2022
1
Mercury
☿
2
Venus
♀
3
Moon
☾
4
Mars
♂
5
Jupiter
♃
6
Saturn
♄

The alignment of five planets, happened on June 24, 2022 from 3:34 am until 4:43 am. The five planets are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The Moon was also in the alignment. All non-Earth planets were there except for Uranus and Neptune.[1][2][3]

Three of these planets are the rocky planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars. Two of them are the gas planets: Jupiter and Saturn.[1][1][2][3][4] In Early 2025, there was an "alignment" or "parade" of seven planets.[5][6][7][8]

A seven-planet planetary parade seen from France in 2022

Viewing in the Philippines

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  • Baguio - A netizen saw the planets lining up in the city of Baguio on June 20, 2022.
  • Laguna - Around 3:31 am to 4:48 am in the early morning in Calamba, Laguna, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were lined up in the solar system, with Uranus and Neptune on the right side.
  • Leyte - The alignment of five planets including the Moon (Earth's moon) was seen at 3:50 am in Burauen, Leyte.
  • Davao del Sur - Around 4:13 am a netizen in Davao del Sur took a photo of the aligned planets.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Baguio offers view of rare planetary alignment". 23 June 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Rare alignment of 5 planets to grace pre-dawn sky in June". 8 June 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn align this June for rare conjunction". The Philippine STAR.
  4. "A rare, 5-planet alignment will take over the sky this month". Archived from the original on 2022-10-30. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  5. "7 Planets Align on February 28, 2025: How to See the "Great Planet Parade"". Star Walk. 2025-02-23. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  6. published, Samantha Mathewson (2025-01-24). "Watch 'planetary parade' online for free on Jan. 25". Space.com. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  7. "Planetary parade 2025: This is what it really means when seven planets line up in the sky". www.bbc.com. 2025-02-26. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  8. Miller, Katrina (2025-02-24). "A Parade of Planets Is Marching Through the Night Sky". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-02-26.