Here's how to watch the July full moon, along with appearances from planets and constellations in the night sky.

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Mars is distinctly reddish, rosey or peach color, down to the lower left of Jupiter. It’s the third-brightest planet, but the star Sirius is slightly brighter.

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be the easiest to spot. Uranus and Neptune also are part of the so-called alignment but will only be visible using a telescope.