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3 worlds in a line

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April 8, 2018

moon, Saturn, Mars over Triton fountain — View larger. | Triton, meet Mars and Saturn. Gilbert Vancell Nature Photography captured Mars, Saturn and the moon in a line on the morning of April 7, 2018. Saturn was the closest of the 2 little “stars” (really, 2 planets) to the moon’s left that morning. Taken at the break of dawn, over the newly-restored Triton fountain in Valletta, capital city of the island of Malta.

Here’s a close-up view of the planets and moon from Toronto, Canada on the morning of April 7, 2018. This photo is from our friend Lunar101 Moon Book.

View larger. | Marcus Rose in Bangalore, India, caught a wide-field view on the morning of April 7, 2018. On the left side of this photo, you can still see the moon near Mars and Saturn. The very bright object to the left of the moon that day was Jupiter. Between the moon and Jupiter, you can see the graceful shape of the constellation Scorpius the Scorpion. See the little arc of 3 stars just to the left of bright Jupiter? That little pattern is called the Crown of the Scorpion. The bright star at the Scorpion’s heart is Antares.

moon, Mars, Saturn April 8 2018 — View larger. | By the morning of April 8, the moon had moved to the left of the planets. Photo by Pavlo Pakhomendo in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Bottom line: Photos of the moon and morning planets Saturn and Mars – plus Jupiter – on April 7 and 8, 2018.

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Eleanor Imster has helped write and edit EarthSky since 1995. She was an integral part of the award-winning EarthSky radio series almost since it began until it ended in 2013. She and her husband live in Tennessee, where they enjoy guitar playing and singing. They have 2 grown sons.