Here on a map of the whole sky you can see how the Sun, Moon and planets move over a period weeks. Each is represented by its traditional symbol. The Moon travels the quickest, making a complete circuit of the sky in one month. The inner planets, Mercury and Venus, are never far from the Sun. The outer planets are the slowest movers. None ever strays far from the Sun's path through the stars, the ecliptic, shown here as a red line.
