Colin Chatfield in Saskatoon, SK, Canada caught the moon and Jupiter on the morning of March 29 (above truck, on left). On the right is a greenish glow … an aurora!Eliot Herman in Tucson, Arizona wrote, “Looked outside to see the moon and Jupiter, and there was a beautiful halo of the moon enveloping both. Watched the halo for over 2 hours.”Linda Carlson in Oviedo, Florida caught the bright twosome Sunday night, March 29.Moon and Jupiter as seen on March 29 by our friend Matthew Chin in Hong Kong.Moon and Jupiter Sunday night, March 29, from Randy Baranczyk in St. Paul, Minnesota.Suzanne Murphy caught the moon and Jupiter Sunday night from southern Wisconsin.Another lucky shot of the March 29 moon and Jupiter inside a lunar halo, from Amy Van Aartsdalen.Moon and Jupiter inside a lunar halo – Sunday night, March 29 – from Marshall Lipp in Mandan, North Dakota. What causes a lunar halo.Moon and Jupiter, and surrounding stars, from our friend Tom Wildoner in Weatherly, Pennsylvania.
Bottom line: March 29 2015 moon and planet Jupiter. They were the brightest things in the evening sky, after Venus set. Watch for them on Monday night, March 30, too, when the moon will be between Jupiter and the star Regulus.
Deborah Byrd (asteroid 3505 Byrd) helps edit EarthSky.org and is a frequent host of EarthSky videos. Deborah created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named in her honor in 1990, a Public Service Award from the National Science Board in 2003, and the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society in 2020. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.
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