Before the historic "great conjunction" of Jupiter and Saturn on Dec. 21, the planets will have a close encounter with the crescent moon on Wednesday and Thursday (Dec. 16-17).

The holiday season holds a special gift, as skygazers on Earth will be treated to a great conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn. On December 21, the two largest planets in our solar system ...

Look southeast on Friday, August 28, 2020 to see the Moon just below Jupiter. Jamie Carter/Cartes du Ciel Saturday, August 29: Moon in conjunction with Saturn ...

The waning, gibbous moon was in conjunction with Jupiter — meaning they shared the same celestial longitude — today at 1:21 p.m. EDT (1721 GMT). It will swing by Saturn just nine hours later ...

Jupiter and Saturn will be so close today that they will appear to form a "double planet." Such a spectacular great conjunction, as the planetary alignment has come to be known, hasn't occurred in ...

From now until Dec. 21, Jupiter and Saturn will continue to get closer until they are just 0.1 degrees apart and form a "double planet," according to NASA. And there's a good chance you'll be able ...

A great conjunction specifically involves Jupiter and Saturn. This occurs only every 19.6 years, so the event is already rare, but Monday's event will be the closest observable conjunction of the ...

The last time Jupiter and Saturn, the two giants of the sky, appeared so close together was on July 16, 1623, when they were only about 5 arc minutes apart, but their proximity to the sun made the ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - If you've looked up on a clear night lately you may have noticed two bright planets - Jupiter and Saturn - side-by-side in the sky. The show will reach its peak on Monday, and ...

Jupiter and Saturn on Dec. 21, met in the night sky and appeared the closest they have in more than 800 years, an event known as the "great conjunction." ...

For the last great conjunction, on May 28, 2000, the apparent distance between Jupiter and Saturn in the sky was 68.9 arc minutes, or more than twice the diameter of the full moon.

Read this story in Spanish here On the night of the winter solstice, Dec. 21, two planets will appear to close together in the sky, shining together as almost ...