At around 5:30 AM EST, Venus, Saturn, and the moon will briefly align during a rare triple conjunction to resemble a smiley face when viewed from Earth. The trio will offer its grin for about an hour near the eastern horizon before the sun begins to rise.
https://www.popsci.com/science/smiley-face-triple-conjunction/
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Sights like these must have inspired a lot of beliefs
Saturn is barely visible, especially next to Venus and the moon. Dumb clickbait.
This conjunction would not resemble anything like the image shown in the article. At 5:30 AM EST, the Moon and related planets would be far under the horizon for anybody in the Pacific timezone *per Stellarium.* You’re better off observing the Milky Way band at 2:30 AM for anybody in California, Oregon and Washington.
At 5:30 AM PST, you’re better off catching a glimpse of the Mercury, Venus, the Moon and Saturn (even Neptune between the Moon and Saturn for those with telescopes) in a small group towards the Eastern horizon just before it’s washed out with the sunrise. Hardly any “smiley face” to be seen in relevance to the article.