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The most recent great conjunction occurred on 21 December 2020, and the next will occur on 4 November 2040. During the 2020 great conjunction, the two planets were separated in the sky by 6 arcminutes at their closest point, which was the closest distance between the two planets since 1623. [12]
January 27, 2020 19:21 Venus 0°04' south of Neptune 39.5° East March 9, 2020 14:36 Venus 2°24' north of Uranus 45.4° East March 20, 2020 06:21 Mars 0°42' south of Jupiter 67.4° West March 31, 2020 11:56 Mars 0°55' south of Saturn 70.6° West April 3, 2020 16:17 Mercury 1°24' south of Neptune 25.9° West May 22, 2020 08:44 Mercury
Great conjunction. The planets Jupiter and Saturn appear at their closest in the sky since 1623, in an event known as a great conjunction. The closest approach will occur at 18:22 UTC, when the two planets will be one-tenth of a degree apart; they will appear to be a binary object to the naked eye.
Dec. 21 marks the official start to astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere, which features the shortest day and the longest night - - and the longest night of 2020 will kick off with a ...
"On December 21st, if you look up towards the west just after sunset, what you should see is Jupiter and Saturn getting closer to one another than they've been in anyone on this planet's lifetime ...
The holiday season holds a special gift, as skygazers on Earth will be treated to a great conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn. Using binoculars or a backyard telescope, it will not only ...
2020 – A great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn occurs, with the two planets separated in the sky by 0.1 degrees. This is the closest conjunction between the two planets since 1623. [14] 2023 – Fourteen people are killed and 25 others injured during a mass shooting at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. The perpetrator, a student ...
The cyclical between Jupiter and Saturn that occurs every twenty years has been the preeminent method of demarcating historical eras in traditional astrology. The 2020 Great Conjunction: Jupiter ...