When we have five or more planets filing into a small sky area, an alignment is upgraded to parade status. Parade is not an official astronomical term and is used fast, loose and with a touch more whimsy than space experts usually allow for.

Stargazing enthusiasts have been treated to a rare “planetary parade”, with seven planets coming together for the celestial display.Skywatchers were able to see all seven other planets in the Earth’s solar system simultaneously,

Space.com said that Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will align across the sky just after dusk.