Overview
- From about 18:45 local time, look low toward the western sky to find Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune clustered along the twilight ecliptic.
- Jupiter will be the easiest planet to identify as the brightest point after the nearly full Moon, with Saturn also relatively easy to spot and Venus shining very low near the horizon.
- Uranus and Neptune will not be visible to the naked eye, with Neptune near Saturn requiring roughly a 15 cm telescope and Uranus near the Pleiades also needing optical aid.
- Best viewing conditions call for a dark, elevated location with a clear western horizon, since Venus and Mercury set quickly in the fading dusk.
- Mars is absent because it currently lies in the morning sky, and a close apparent pairing of Venus and Saturn is due on 8 March.