The planets are aligned.

All the planets in the solar system are supposedly all lined up at the moment. The sky is clear and there are plenty of bright lights but I don't know what I'm looking at.

Does anybody know which lights are planets?

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DrWatson · 70-79, M

They are not actually lined up, but many are above the horizon at the same time.

Around sunset, when the sky is getting dark but stars have not come out yet, look toward the west. The bright light is Venus. Nearby is Saturn, not as bright.

Then turn to the east. You will see Jupiter. Lower to the horizon is Mars, which is less bright but distinctly red.

Neptune is not too far from Saturn in the sky, but it is impossible to see without a telescope, because it is so far from the sun that the light reflected off it is very dim.