April 2029 Planet Parade: 4 planets in the evening sky
Best seen the evening of Monday, April 9, 2029.
From mid-northern latitudes (around 40°N), look toward the southern sky about 50 minutes after sunset. 4 planets line up, 3 visible to the naked eye, plus 1 with binoculars or a telescope. Good evenings run from Apr 8, 2029 to Apr 11, 2029.
- Mars · 31° up in ESE
- Jupiter · 8° up in ESE
- Saturn · 9° up in W
- Uranus (telescope) · 37° up in W
A planet parade is simply several planets above the horizon at the same time, strung along the ecliptic, the line the Sun, Moon and planets all follow across our sky. They are not close together in space; they only share a direction from our viewpoint. The times and directions above are computed for mid-northern latitudes (around 40°N); exactly what you see depends on your latitude and horizon, so use the live tracker for your spot.
Does it affect anything on Earth? No. A parade is a line-of-sight effect, not a physical force. The planets' combined tidal pull on Earth is thousands of times weaker than the Moon's, far too small to change tides, weather, or anything else. It is simply a beautiful thing to look at.
Keep exploring: the Planet Parade Tracker for any date and place, the Planetary Alignment Calculator for exact conjunction dates, and the Synodic-Period Calculator for how often two planets meet.