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See it! Moon sweeps past Jupiter

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April 5, 2018
View larger. | The April 5, 2018 moon in between Jupiter (bright one to the right of the moon) and 2 other planets – Mars and Saturn (brightest 2 to the left of the moon, very close together) – via Eliot Herman in Tucson, Arizona.

The bright moon swept past bright Jupiter this week, and now it’s headed for Mars and Saturn. The moon and Jupiter were closest on the nights of April 2 and 3, but people around the globe are still seeing them – ascending in the eastern part of the sky beginning around mid- to late evening, well up before dawn – and you can see them, too. Just watch for the moon! The bright object nearby is Jupiter. Meanwhile, Mars and Saturn were in conjunction on April 2, and they’re still very close in the hours before dawn. The moon will pass near them this weekend.

See photos of the Saturn-Mars conjunction

Martin Marthadinata in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, caught the moon and Jupiter on April 3, 2018. From his location, he said, the moon rose at 7:53 p.m. local time.
Moon and Jupiter on April 3, 2018, from Joey Zahari Mawi on Penang Island, Malaysia.
Moon and Jupiter on April 3 from Jamie Winters Ramos.

Bottom line: Photos of the moon and Jupiter, April 2018.

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Deborah Byrd

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Deborah Byrd 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. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. In 2020, she won the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society, the largest organization of professional astronomers in North America. 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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