On Saturday morning, April 23, the planetary alignment remains fairly straight but is becoming less evenly spaced as Venus approaches Jupiter and Mars
leaves Saturn further behind.  Jupiter is at magnitude -2.12, Venus at magnitude -4.14, Mars at +0.93, and Saturn is at +0.85 on this morning.  The
angular separation between Jupiter and Venus is approximately 6° 45' today, getting closer by about a degree each day.