Parade of Planets 2025:
See Six Planets Together!
by Dean Regas and Farmers’ Almanac Staff
How to see 6 planets in 1 night all through January

A planetary parade will be seen from January through March 2025. (Image credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images)
This month, six planets in the solar system — Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and Saturn — will appear in Earth’s skies in a “parade of planets.”
Although the dark hours of Jan. 21 and 25 may be good times to see it, as various media outlets have publicized, this sight will not be restricted to one or two nights. It will be possible to see a giant arc of planets any clear night in January (and it was visible in December, too). And, in fact, an even greater opportunity lies in the months ahead, when yet another planet joins the “parade.”
Which planets will be visible in January?
Jan. 21 is a good time to look at the arc of planets because that’s when the moon reaches its last quarter phase, when the half-lit orb rises around midnight. That clears the way for dark evening skies, though light pollution won’t hamper views of the bright planets.
On Jan. 21, it will be possible to see Saturn and Venus close to each other in the west — just days after their close conjunction on Jan. 18 — with Jupiter shining above in the south and Mars (fresh from its bright opposition on Jan. 15) above in the east. Uranus will be just to the right of Jupiter, while Neptune will be right above Venus. To see Uranus and Neptune, however, you’ll need a powerful backyard telescope.