An incredible photograph has captured the moment the planets Mars, Saturn and Jupiter aligned above a waning Pink Moon just before dawn this morning. While really millions of miles apart, from our perspective here on Earth the planets will remain 'lined up' until Tuesday as the Moon appears to pass them by. Scroll down for videoAn incredible photograph, above, has captured the moment the planets Mars, Saturn and Jupiter aligned above a waning Pink Moon just before dawn this morningJoining the lined-up planets, the Moon appeared today to pass within 2° of both Saturn and Jupiter — and tomorrow will see it pass within 2° of Mars in turn. This week the moon will be around 243,000 miles (390,000 km) away from the Earth, while Mars lies 125 million miles (200 million km) out, Jupiter at 473 million miles (761 million km) away, and Saturn 936 million miles (1.51 billion km) distant. At 2:02 AM, the recently-discovered asteroid #2020GH flew close by Earth, passing within around 212,360 miles (341,760 kilometres) of the planet.

Source: Daily Mail April 15, 2020 11:08 UTC