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Venus, Jupiter, Mercury Conjunction Lights Up June 2026

6/4/2026

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Planetary conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and Mercury occurs from June 7 to June 17, 2026.
Venus appears beside Jupiter on June 7 and moves northwesterly to touch it by June 10.
On June 16 a waxing crescent Moon sits between Jupiter and Mercury 35 minutes after sunset.
The next night the Moon rises above and left of Venus, forming a line with the planets while in the Southern Hemisphere the alignment appears reversed northeast-southwest.

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Planetary conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and Mercury occurs from June 7 to June 17, 2026.
Venus appears beside Jupiter on June 7 and moves northwesterly to touch it by June 10.
On June 16 a waxing crescent Moon sits between Jupiter and Mercury 35 minutes after sunset.
The next night the Moon rises above and left of Venus, forming a line with the planets while in the Southern Hemisphere the alignment appears reversed northeast-southwest.