{"id":962955,"date":"2026-11-13T11:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T11:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/962955\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T11:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T11:56:17","slug":"four-planet-alignment-in-the-morning-sky-this-weekend-theyre-bright-theyre-easy-to-see-heres-how-to-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/962955\/","title":{"rendered":"Four-planet alignment in the morning sky this weekend. They&#8217;re bright, they&#8217;re easy to see. Here&#8217;s how to do it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four planets are aligning in a rare planet parade \u2013 or planet alignment \u2013 this weekend, 14\u201315 Novemeber 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s how to see them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Person-looking-at-night-sky.jpg\" alt=\"Person looking up at stars and planets in the night sky, stargazing. Credit: M-Gucci \/ Getty Images\" class=\"wp-image-183452\"\/>Credit: M-Gucci \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Planet alignment this weekend \u00a0\u2013 at a glance<\/p>\n<p>Peak dates: Mid-to-late November 2026 (coinciding with the Mars\u2013Jupiter conjunction on 15\u201316 November)<br \/>\nTime to took: 45 to 60 minutes before sunrise<br \/>\nWhere to look: Low in the southeast<br \/>\nThe line-up (from ground upwards): Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars<\/p>\n<p>November 2026 four-planet alignment: all you need to know<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of mid-November 2026, four planets \u2013 Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars \u2013 will be seen in a diagonal line stretching upwards from the southeastern horizon before dawn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While it seems we&#8217;re always hearing about &#8216;planet alignments&#8217; in the sky, this is a genuinely easy-to-see alignment. It&#8217;s happening this weekend and throughout the rest of November into December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As well as this, because Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are visible in the morning sky, it&#8217;s possible to catch all seven worlds of the Solar System (i.e. not including Earth) in the sky in the space of 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/venus-mercury-november-12-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Venus and Spica captured with a Samsung Galaxy A53 5G smartphone in Pro mode from the UK, 12 November 2026, 06:24 UTC\" class=\"wp-image-195967\"\/>Venus and Spica captured with a Samsung Galaxy A53 5G smartphone in Pro mode from the UK, 12 November 2026, 06:24 UTC<br \/>\nWhere, when and how to see the four planets<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look 45 to 60 minutes before sunrise, mid-to-late November 2026. Stop observing the eastern horizon before sunrise to avoid accidentally catching a glimpse of the Sun with your naked eye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ll need as clear a view as possible to see the lower planets, Mercury and Venus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look towards the southeast before dawn. You\u2019ll see the planets stretching upwards from the horizon in this order:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercury: The lowest of the four. It requires a clear, flat eastern\/southeastern horizon to spot. It will be the hardest to see.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venus: Positioned above and to the right of Mercury. It&#8217;s much brighter and higher up, making it easier to spot (and you might catch Spica, the brightest star in Virgo, very close to Venus).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jupiter and Mars: Positioned higher up in the sky, bunched closely together and looking like a bright double star (with Mars sitting the highest of the two).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Mercury-_Venus_Dawn013016HRweb-58bd05a-e1656935066739.jpg\" alt=\"Mercury &amp; Venus at Dawn by John Chumack, Warrenton, Virginia, USA. Equipment: Canon 6D, 55mm lens\" class=\"wp-image-8397\"\/>Mercury and Venus at Dawn by John Chumack, Warrenton, Virginia, USA. Equipment: Canon 6D, 55mm lens<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Share your planet alignment images and observations with us this weekend by emailing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/news\/mailto:contactus@skyatnightmagazine.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">contactus@skyatnightmagazine.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four planets are aligning in a rare planet parade \u2013 or planet alignment \u2013 this weekend, 14\u201315 Novemeber&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":962956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,128,285],"class_list":["post-962955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}