PLANETS

For picture taking purposes.....is there a website that will tell me when planets are at their closest point to Earth - at any give moment during the year?
Thank u mucho
Gilbert

That changes year to year. I know of no website. However, you can check the ephmerides part of any common planetarium program. For the outer planets, look for when the planet is rising at sunset. For Venus and Mercury, look for when the planets are closest to the sun. (They set or rise as the sun does.)

By the way--except for Venus, Mercury, and Mars, the location relative to the earth matters relatively little for photographic purposes, because the distances do not change all that much.

Alex