Enjoy this week’s “planetary parade,” where several of the planets are up at one time; in this case, six planets in the evening skies. Jupiter shines very bright in the east, near the Moon on Feb. 26.

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Jan 1, 2026 · Feb. 28: Planetary alignment. Six planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — will trace an arc across the night sky, though some (Venus, Jupiter, Saturn) will be much …