Conjunction between the Moon and Jupiter
2016 Nov 25
Dominic Ford – originally published on In-The-Sky.org
The Moon and Jupiter will make a close approach, passing within 1°50' of each other.
From London (click to change), the pair will be visible in the dawn sky. They will rise at 03:02 (GMT), 4 hours and 32 minutes before the Sun, and attain an altitude of 29° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 07:08.
At the moment of closest approach, the Moon will be at mag -10.6, and Jupiter at mag -1.8, both in the constellation Virgo.
The pair will be too widely separated to fit within the field of view of a telescope, but will be visible to the naked eye or through a pair of binoculars.
The precise positions of the Moon and Jupiter at the moment of closest approach will be as follows:
| Object | Right Ascension | Declination | Constellation | Magnitude | Angular Size |
| The Moon | 13h01m30s | -03°18' | Virgo | -10.6 | 29'35"4 |
| Jupiter | 12h59m10s | -05°03' | Virgo | -1.8 | 31"7 |
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0. The pair will be at an angular separation of 47° from the Sun, which is in Scorpius at this time of year.
The details of this observing event were provided courtesy of In-The-Sky.org
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