These linkups happen when several planets appear to line up in the night sky at once. Such parades are fairly common, happening roughly every year depending on the number of planets. At least one bright planet can be spotted on most nights, weather permitting, according to NASA.

A planetary parade of six planets is visible in the morning sky through August 20, with Mercury joining Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. August 18 to 19 offers the best viewing, when the crescent Moon aligns with Jupiter and Venus before shifting into a triangle formation later in the month.

Six planets will be visible in our skies for the next few days in the last “planetary parade” of 2025. Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus will be visible in the early morning skies over America from Sunday, Aug. 17, to Wednesday, Aug. 20.