Stargazing News - December 14th, 2024
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Saturday December 14, 2024
Bright Moon Joins Jupiter (all night)
Shortly after the very bright moon clears the rooftops in the east after dusk on Saturday, December 14, the brilliant planet Jupiter will rise to join it. The duo will make a lovely photo opportunity when composed with some nice foreground scenery. As the moon and Jupiter climb the eastern sky, the bright winter stars will surround them, including yellowish Capella on their upper left (or celestial north) and reddish Aldebaran to their right (or celestial southwest), both part of the huge winter hexagon asterism. The bright pair
will culminate due south towards midnight and set in the west before dawn. By then the diurnal rotation of the sky will lift the moon, now full, above Jupiter.
(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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