The moon and Jupiter in a cloudy sky, over the Gulf of Corinthos, Central Greece. Photo by Nikolaos PantazisMoon and Jupiter – March 21 2016 – photographed in Tucson, Arizona by Eliot Herman.Jupiter and moon on March 21, 2016 from Jacob Zimmer in Louisville, Kentucky.Moon and Jupiter on March 21, 2016 from Karl Diefenderfer in Pennsylvania.Tom Wildoner caught the moon and Jupiter on March 21 from Pennsylvania, too. He wrote: “Tonight’s Jupiter and Moon conjunction from my backyard in Weatherly, Pennsylvania – go check it out!”Moon and Jupiter on March 21, 2016 from Lester Fandel in Bristol, Tennessee.Moon and Jupiter on March 21, 2016 from Fernando Roquel Torres in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The green ball below the moon is a lens flare.Here’s another artful use of lens flares in capturing the moon and Jupiter on March 21, 2016. Jupiter is the small white dot next to the moon. Photo by Helio C. Vital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who wrote: “Moon-Jupiter conjunction…What a lovely display as a mere 1.6° separated the pair! Communications antennas on top of a nearby building added to the show.”Moon and Jupiter on March 21, 2016 as captured by Rodolfo Useche Melo in Bogotá, Colombia.Jupiter and moon on March 21, 2016, from our friend Patrick Cabaret of Facebook’s La Lune The Moon.Jupiter near the March 21, 2016 moon. In this image from tonight by Mohamed Laaifat in Normandy, France, the arrow points to Jupiter … and he’s added an inset showing the planet and its moons!Jupiter and moon on March 21, 2016, from Manuel Andres Posso in Barcelona, Spain.
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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