Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will be visible together all month after dark, NASA reports. The four planets have been visible together since December and will be visible through February, as well. You may also catch a glimpse of Neptune and Uranus through a telescope, but they won’t be shining as brightly.

Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that the next won’t happen until 2040.

Starting Saturday evening, you’ll be able to see not one, two or three planets in the night sky, but four. The graphic you see shows the moon's trajectory through the night sky. This means at its peak,

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."

Jupiter's Great Red Spot storm, which usually appears dark-red, can be seen shining a lurid blue color in an ultraviolet image of the planet.

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark. This weekend, Venus and Saturn get especially cozy.

A six-planetary alignment will occur around Jan. 21. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will appear in one ecliptic plane in the southern and eastern sky after sunset; however, only Mars, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye. You will need a telescope to see Uranus and Neptune.

Rare planetary alignment featuring Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars promises celestial splendour in the southern hemisphere's twilight skies.

The planet parade will be visible all month, but Tuesday, Jan. 21 will be a particularly good time to see it, according to Forbes. The moon will be in its last quarter phase and will only appear half-lit. NASA reports Venus and Saturn will appear the closest Jan. 17 and Saturday, Jan. 18.

Illinois stargazers have the chance to see a “planet parade” this January, with four bright planets to be visible in a single line of sight. Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will be visible together all month after dark,

Six planets grace the sky this month in what's known as a planetary parade, and most can be seen with the naked eye. Related video above: The dark energy pushing our universe apart may not be what it seems,