NEW YORK – Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month in what's known as a planetary parade . Catch the spectacle while you can because it's the last one of the year.

These linkups happen when several planets appear to line up in the night sky at once. Such parades are fairly common, happening around every year depending on the number of planets. At least one bright planet can be spotted on most nights, weather permitting, according to NASA.

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Six planets were visible in January skies and every planet of our solar system was visible in February , but not all could be spotted with the naked eye.

Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and a faint Mercury are visible this month without any special equipment, and the best chances to spot them are over the next week. Uranu

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