When we have five or more planets filing into a small sky area, an alignment is upgraded to parade status. Parade is not an official astronomical term and is used fast, loose and with a touch more whimsy than space experts usually allow for.

Lineups of four or five planets occur every few years, according to NASA. In late August 2025, four planets will be visible before sunrise, and in late October 2028, five planets will be visible at once before sunrise. Another five-planet alignment will occur in late February 2034, with the planets visible after sunset.

TYLER, Texas (KETK) — The seven planetary alignment or “planet parade” is expected to be the brightest just after sunset on Friday, Feb. 28. Cloud coverage will be minimal, allowing East Texans to have a clear view of this astronomical event. Just above the horizon to the southwest, we’ll have Mercury and Saturn. Higher on […]

Seven planets are on display in the night sky at the end of February, but some will be harder to spot than others. Here’s what you need to know to catch a glimpse.

Space.com said that Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will align across the sky just after dusk.

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Mercury, Saturn and Venus -- will be visible simultaneously and look like they're all aligned when seen from Earth after sunset. A long awaited astronomical event dubbed as the planet parade or planetary alignment when four planets are visible to the naked eye on the evening sky,

February ends with a treat for sky-gazers: a parade of seven planets across the night sky, including Mercury, Uranus and Neptune alongside typically bright planets such as Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn.