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Find the date and time of the Northern Hemisphere's full Hunter's Moon for October 2021, and learn why this moon brightens the evening for a string of days.
As the Juno spacecraft goes into orbit around Jupiter on July 4, amaze your friends by showing them Jupiter in the night sky.
Start watching July mornings for the upcoming Jupiter and Mars conjunction. The neighboring planets will get closer, culminating on August 14, 2024.
Giant Jupiter is closest to Earth for 2024 on December 6. Then Earth will fly between the sun and Jupiter - bringing Jupiter to opposition - on December 7.
Did you see the moon and Jupiter close together on March 13, 2024? Check out the images our talented photographers captured, including the Galilean moons!
Jupiter and Uranus will be at heliocentric conjunction on March 14. Their conjunction as seen from Earth will be on April 21.
The November full moon will fall overnight on November 26-27, 2023. Bright Jupiter will be nearby. And the Pleiades star cluster will lie in the moon's glare.
A shallow partial lunar eclipse takes place on October 28, 2023, visible in Europe, Africa, most of Asia and western Australia. Jupiter is the bright object nearby. Maps and details here.
You can spot the moon near Jupiter overnight on August 8, 2023. The moon and the king of the planets will be about four moon widths apart.
A penumbral lunar eclipse happens tonight, May 5-6, 2023. It's visible from eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and Indonesia.
The March 1-2 conjunction of the bright planets Venus and Jupiter has ended. Great photos from EarthSky's community here.
No matter where you are on the Earth, look for the waxing crescent moon near Jupiter on the evenings of January 25 and 26, 2023. They are in Pisces.
No matter where you live worldwide, look for the moon and Jupiter making a bright pair on the evenings of December 28 and 29, 2022.
On December 1, 2022, you'll see a bright point of light close to the moon. That's Jupiter! The moon and Jupiter will pair up again at the end of the month.
On the evenings of November 25 and 26, 2022, you can see the very young waxing crescent moon near the Teapot of Sagittarius.
See the waxing gibbous moon near Jupiter on the evening of November 4, 2022. The pair lie in the constellation Pisces. Read more about Jupiter and the moon.
You can see the moon near Jupiter on the evenings of October 7 and 8. Both will shine brightly! The moon is waxing, heading toward full phase on October 9.
Jupiter and the moon grow farther apart in the sky as the moon's lit face shrinks in size. Watch the moon recede from Jupiter on August 16, 17 and 18, 2022.
Catch the waning gibbous moon near Jupiter on the mornings of August 14 and 15, 2022. If you have binoculars, look for Jupiter's Galilean moons.
Catch the waning gibbous moon between Saturn and Jupiter overnight on August 12-13, 2022. You can see the trio all night until dawn brightens the sky.