Tonight's conjunction on Venus and Jupiter will be the best for nearly a decade.
We did a check of Venus-Jupiter conjunctions over a 50-year interval in which the two approached each other as close or closer as they will now, while maintaining a distance of at least 15 degrees fromTonight's conjunction will be the best for nearly a decade. Not until Feb. 7, 2032 will Venus and Jupiter come closer to each other , and that will be in the morning sky.
For those living in the western US and Canada, the fourth Galilean moon — Europa — will appear to emerge from behind Jupiter on the same side as the other three at approximately 6 p.m. PST or 7 p.m. MST. When both planets are viewed in the same telescopic field, whether in the afternoon or evening sky, Venus' disk has a far greater brilliance than Jupiter's.
Thus, Venus is now putting on nearly the same performance as in 2015. In May, Venus will lie above the highest point of the, 44 degrees east of the sun and setting around midnight local daylight time for mid-northern latitudes.
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