Planets Align December 2020

This year s conjunction is different for at least two reasons. So what is happening.

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Star gazers have been waiting for this rare moment to happen since this summer.

Planets align december 2020. For the last 200 years jupiter and saturn have been aligning predominantly in earth signs but this year on december 21st 2020 jupiter and saturn will align in the air sign of aquarius. In december 2020 the two planets will appear the closest as seen from earth since 1623. On 21 december 2020 jupiter and saturn will cross paths in the night s sky and for a brief moment they will appear to shine together as one body.

The planets have been moving closer together each night and reached their closest point on 21 december. For most telescope viewers each both planets and their moons will be visible in the same field of view that night. Patrick hartigan stellarium cc by 4 0 what the jupiter and saturn conjunction reveals.

And on monday 21. Jupiter and saturn shine on a clear july night over a lavender field near the village of brihuega spain. That became known as the star of bethlehem.

Aligning with the winter solstice on december 21 2020 the two. Since october the two brightest and largest planets in our solar system jupiter and saturn have been moving ever closer together in the night s sky. Something that has not happened for over 400 years and will not again in this d.

For the first time in almost 800 years saturn and jupiter will be aligning in december 2020. Dec 21 saturn and jupiter are within a 1 2 degree of alignment. While planetary conjunctions like this are not everyday events they also are not particularly rare.

Keen stargazers in the uk have been keeping a. The moon saturn and jupiter seen with the washington monument december 17 2020 in washington dc. Astronomers have attempted to link the star to several rare celestial events including a comet a supernova and a conjunction.

View of the great conjunction of planets jupiter and saturn to scale as it will occur on the 21 st december 2020.

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