more info:
5 to 8 planets are all on the same 'side' of the sun right now, depending on how you look at it.
moon is at apogee (sp?) - furthest away from earth.
earth is its furthest away from sun.
the moon passes by 5 planets this month starting from the 15th-ish - mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, saturn, some star named speica (sp?).
source: some astronomy dept in AU.