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There are five planets visible to the naked eye; Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. However, Mercury and Venus are interior planets (closer to the Sun that we are) and are never seen in the "full" phase.

Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are never seen in the "new" phase, because they never pass between Earth and the Sun.

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