Both Venus and Saturn will be in the Aquarius constellation, the water bearer, during their close approach. To help spot it, viewers should look towards the south in the evening sky, using the bright star Fomalhaut in the nearby Piscis Austrinus constellation as a guide to locate Aquarius.

Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction this weekend, appearing side by side in the night sky during January's post-sunset "planet parade."

Four planets will be in the parade in January while seven will align in February. Here's how to see the events.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and watch a close pairing of two naked-eye planets: Venus and Saturn. The two will be in the southwestern evening sky, and will be closest during the week of January 19.

It’s time to stop fantasizing and start making real commitments — accountability is everything Expect a wake-up call in your relationships and finances! On Jan. 18, Venus will join forces with taskmaster Saturn,

“Saturday evening, January 18: Venus and Saturn will appear nearest to each other. As evening twilight ends at 6:15 p.m. EST, Venus will be 30 degrees above the southwestern horizon with Saturn 2.2 degrees to the lower left. Saturn will set first on the western horizon almost 3 hours later at 9:04 p.m.”

On the evenings of Jan. 17 and 18, the planets will appear virtually side by side, in what's called a “planetary conjunction.”

Plus: Saturn’s moon Iapetus is visible, our Moon passes the bright star Spica, and Mars skims south of Pollux in Gemini in the sky this week.

There are six planets in the night sky all week, four of them visible to the naked eye and two of them getting very close indeed. Here's how to watch.

An illustration of Saturn and Venus in close proximity as seen from Earth on Jan. 17, 2025. | Credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night Venus and Saturn will appear extraordinarily close together in the ...

On Jan. 18, Venus will join forces with taskmaster Saturn, bringing clarity and structure to areas where you’ve been drifting without boundaries or focus. Although it could initially seem like a ...