Jupiter and Saturn’s great conjunction was seen by us on December 21, 2020.

Around 250 people witness
Jupiter and Saturn closest encounter – only 0.1 degrees apart – on the day of the solstice, December 21, 2020 in the Manovikas school campus.

The December 21, 2020 great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn was highly conspicuous in the west after sunset .

Astronomers use the word conjunction to describe meetings of planets and other objects on our sky’s dome. They use the term great conjunction to describe meetings of Jupiter and Saturn, which are the two biggest worlds in our solar system. Though the two planets appeared spectacularly close together on the sky’s dome, Jupiter and Saturn are actually 456 million miles (734,000 million km) apart. Saturn is nearly twice as far away as Jupiter.

Jupiter-Saturn conjunction won’t be matched again until the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction of March 15, 2080.

Jupiter is brighter than any star. Saturn isn’t as bright as Jupiter, but it’s as bright as the brightest stars and shines with a distinctly golden color. Saturn is just to the east of Jupiter on the sky’s dome. The two are noticeable for their brightness and nearness to each other.

While you’re looking at them, you might notice that – unlike the twinkling stars – Jupiter and Saturn both shine steadily.

Jupiter and Saturn’s great conjunction was seen by us on December 21, 2020.

Around 250 people witness
Jupiter and Saturn closest encounter – only 0.1 degrees apart – on the day of the solstice, December 21, 2020 in the Manovikas school campus.

The December 21, 2020 great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn was highly conspicuous in the west after sunset .

Astronomers use the word conjunction to describe meetings of planets and other objects on our sky’s dome. They use the term great conjunction to describe meetings of Jupiter and Saturn, which are the two biggest worlds in our solar system. Though the two planets appeared spectacularly close together on the sky’s dome, Jupiter and Saturn are actually 456 million miles (734,000 million km) apart. Saturn is nearly twice as far away as Jupiter.

Jupiter-Saturn conjunction won’t be matched again until the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction of March 15, 2080.

Jupiter is brighter than any star. Saturn isn’t as bright as Jupiter, but it’s as bright as the brightest stars and shines with a distinctly golden color. Saturn is just to the east of Jupiter on the sky’s dome. The two are noticeable for their brightness and nearness to each other.

While you’re looking at them, you might notice that – unlike the twinkling stars – Jupiter and Saturn both shine steadily.