Look up just after sunset Thursday evening – you just might see Mercury, Venus and Jupiter in close proximity.

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August is expected to be an exciting month for skywatchers, and if you haven't looked up yet, you're already missing out.

Starting Aug. 1, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus to create a spectacular show for amateur and professional astronomers alike, according to National Geographic. But if you happened to miss it, don't worry– the trio is sticking around for a while, and they're bringing a few other friends to the party.

Here are five planets you'll be able to see this month if the skies are clear and you know where to look.

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Mercury

Positions of Mercury and several other planets in the western sky, 45 minutes after sunset, on Aug. 5.

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Mercury will , according to Space.com. Residents of the Southern U.S. will have the best show, as will anyone south of 40 degrees north latitude, the report added.

To spot the closest planet to the sun, look a degree and a half – a little more than the width of your thumb when extended at arm's length –to the moon's upper right. If you live in the North, you'll have to look very close to the horizon, or you might not be able to see it at all, Space.com also said.

Venus

Position of Venus and several other planets in the western sky, 45 minutes after sunset, on Aug. 20.

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Shortly after sunset on Thursday, Venus will rise into the nighttime sky and be visible near the star Regulus, according to National Geographic. If you check out the same area Friday night, you'll notice Venus and Regulus will have their positions switched, the report added.

Check back again on Aug. 11, when Venus , Nature World News said. If you can't see Venus in the west-northwest sky early in the month, keep looking– it'll rise higher and higher in the sky as the days go on, Space.com said. It'll also get closer to Jupiter later in the month, and by Aug. 27, they'll be less than 0.1 degrees apart, Space.com added.

Mars

Positions of Mars and several other planets, looking south-southwest 45 minutes after sunset on Aug. 11.

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Starting Aug. 11, you'll be able to find the Red Planet by looking south-southwest and locating the orange-yellow body to the bottom-left of the moon, according to Space.com. Twelve days later, you'll see it 1.8 degrees north of Antares, Space.com also said, and it'll move south of Saturn after that.

Jupiter

You already know about the line-up of Jupiter, Venus and Mercury that occurred at the beginning of the month, but if you missed it, there's plenty of magic left this month. Look toward the moon on Friday night and you'll see the solar system's biggest planet just one degree north of Earth's satellite, National Geographic said.

Jupiter will become half of a very special sighting on Aug. 27when it pulls within just 0.066 degrees of Venus, the closest they'll appear in our sky until Nov. 22, 2065, Space.com also said. To see it, look to the west and focus on an area 5 degrees above the horizon. Venus will be located above Jupiter and will be the brighter of the two, the report added.

Saturn

Saturn has already been visible in the night sky for a couple of months, and will continue to be seen until November as it fades away from Earth, Space.com said. At dusk, look to the south-southwest to find this planet 6.2 degrees above Antares, and if you have a telescope, you should also be able to see Titan, Saturn's biggest moon, the report added.