ilan
04-24-2019, 12:19 PM
Moon and Saturn to meet in morning sky
Bruce McClure in TONIGHT | April 23, 2019
On the mornings of April 24, 25 and 26, 2019, watch the moon as it travels away from the king planet Jupiter and toward the ringed planet Saturn. Although Saturn is easily visible to the eye alone, you need a telescope to view its majestic rings.
https://en.es-static.us/upl/2019/04/2019-april-24-25-26-moon-jupiter-antares.jpg
On the mornings of April 24, 25 and 26, 2019, watch the moon as it travels away from the king planet Jupiter and toward the ringed planet Saturn. Although Saturn is easily visible to the eye alone, you need a telescope to view its majestic rings.
The sky chart above is for North America, where you’ll see the moon about midway between Jupiter and Saturn in the April 24 predawn sky. From other places worldwide, before dawn on April 24, you’ll still see the moon between Jupiter and Saturn, but – depending on where you live – offset slightly in one direction or the other.
For instance, from the world’s Eastern Hemisphere – Europe, Africa, Asia, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand – the moon will be offset in the direction of Jupiter. Even so, the moon will still be found between these two planets on April 24. Because New Zealand is the farthest east in the Eastern Hemisphere, the moon will actually be quite close to Jupiter in the predawn/dawn sky on April 24, yet still between Saturn and Jupiter.
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Two days ago, Jupiter and the Moon were just about "touching" at dawn. This morning, the Moon had made its way past Jupiter and is headed for a visual hookup with Saturn. - ilan
Bruce McClure in TONIGHT | April 23, 2019
On the mornings of April 24, 25 and 26, 2019, watch the moon as it travels away from the king planet Jupiter and toward the ringed planet Saturn. Although Saturn is easily visible to the eye alone, you need a telescope to view its majestic rings.
https://en.es-static.us/upl/2019/04/2019-april-24-25-26-moon-jupiter-antares.jpg
On the mornings of April 24, 25 and 26, 2019, watch the moon as it travels away from the king planet Jupiter and toward the ringed planet Saturn. Although Saturn is easily visible to the eye alone, you need a telescope to view its majestic rings.
The sky chart above is for North America, where you’ll see the moon about midway between Jupiter and Saturn in the April 24 predawn sky. From other places worldwide, before dawn on April 24, you’ll still see the moon between Jupiter and Saturn, but – depending on where you live – offset slightly in one direction or the other.
For instance, from the world’s Eastern Hemisphere – Europe, Africa, Asia, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand – the moon will be offset in the direction of Jupiter. Even so, the moon will still be found between these two planets on April 24. Because New Zealand is the farthest east in the Eastern Hemisphere, the moon will actually be quite close to Jupiter in the predawn/dawn sky on April 24, yet still between Saturn and Jupiter.
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Two days ago, Jupiter and the Moon were just about "touching" at dawn. This morning, the Moon had made its way past Jupiter and is headed for a visual hookup with Saturn. - ilan
