Stargazers across much of the world, including South Korea, have a prime opportunity tonight, March 1, 2026, to witness a striking "planetary parade" as six planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — appear to align in a gentle arc across the evening sky shortly after sunset.
The celestial event, often called a planetary alignment or planet parade, occurs when multiple planets gather in the same region of the sky from Earth's perspective, following the ecliptic plane of their orbits around the Sun. While true perfect alignments are rare, this configuration offers a rare chance to see nearly half the solar system's planets in one view, with five visible to the naked eye under good conditions and two requiring optical aid.
