text: I know how they are aligned but it's really difficult to communicate through Yahoo! Answers.  Let's see if I can paint you a picture.\n\nImagine that you are in the northern ecliptic sphere looking down on the solar system.  Now imagine that there are points at the edge of the solar system like the face of a clock.  And let's put the Earth at 90 degrees (or 3 o'clock) from the Sun.\n\nMercury would be at aproximately 4:00\nVenus would be at aproximately 8:45\nEarth (we already said) is at 3:00\nMars would be at aproximately 9:15\nJupiter would be at aproximately 8:15\nSaturn would be at aproximately 11:45\nUranus would be at aproximately 4:45\nNeptune would be at aproximately 5:15\n\nHope that gives you a clear picture of the alignment currently.