Extraordinary Planet Alignment Seen in Hong Kong Early Morning Sky

Of the eight planets alignment, seen in Hong Kong on June 24, 2022, six planets could be clearly seen with the naked eye and five planets could be seen when photographed by cell phone. (TM Chan/The Epoch Times)

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Fanyi Zeng

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June 24, 2022Updated: June 25, 2022

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At Hong Kong time 4:47 a.m. on June 24, 2022, reporters observed a rare astronomical phenomenon of “eight-planet alignment” at the East Dam, Saigon, Hong Kong.

Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn could be clearly seen with naked eye, and the “five-planet alignment” could also be clearly photographed by cell phones, but Uranus and Neptune couldn’t be seen clearly with the naked eye.