Venus and Jupiter Conjunction

[Charles Link]

Today at about 4:30 am I saw the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, where they were about the width of the full moon, or one half degree apart. Did anyone else see it?

Edit: The moon is 2,200 miles in diameter and at a distance of 240,000 miles. Thereby it subtends an angle in radians of 2,200/240,000=.01 (approximately). With pi radians being 180 degrees, one radian is 57.3 degrees, so that .01 radians is about .50 degrees (angle subtended by the moon). (.57 to be more exact, but with the moon being slightly less than .01 radians).

 

[TensorCalculus]

Today at about 4:30 am I saw the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, where they were about the width of the full moon, or one half degree apart. Did anyone else see it?

Edit: The moon is 2,200 miles in diameter and at a distance of 240,000 miles. Thereby it subtends an angle in radians of 2,200/240,000=.01 (approximately). With pi radians being 180 degrees, one radian is 57.3 degrees, so that .01 radians is about .50 degrees (angle subtended by the moon). (.57 to be more exact, but with the moon being slightly less than .01 radians).

Awh I missed it :(
Where do you find out that things like this are going to happen?

 

[Charles Link]

Awh I missed it :(
Where do you find out that things like this are going to happen?

I saw the two "stars" out my window in the morning about two weeks ago when they were somewhat further apart. I guessed it might be Venus and Jupiter, but googled it to verify.

They will still be fairly close together and visible in the early morning in the east before sunrise for the next couple of weeks. Venus will be moving east of Jupiter.

You can google "the planets for this month" and you would get links to things like Sky and Telescope magazine or astronomy magazine.

 

[TensorCalculus]

I saw the two "stars" out my window in the morning about two weeks ago when they were somewhat further apart. I guessed it might be Venus and Jupiter, but googled it to verify.

They will still be fairly close together and visible in the early morning in the east before sunrise for the next couple of weeks. Venus will be moving east of Jupiter.

You can google "the planets for this month" and you would get links to things like Sky and Telescope magazine or astronomy magazine.

Oh, thanks! That's really helpful!

 

[Charles Link]

With Venus having a shorter period around the sun than Earth, with Earth having a much shorter period than Jupiter, Venus has now moved eastward and Jupiter westward, so that Jupiter now rises much earlier and Venus much later, with Jupiter now rising about two hours before Venus. This morning was very good viewing with the crescent moon between Jupiter and Venus to make it even more interesting. The moon will again be between Jupiter and Venus this coming morning (4-5 am or thereabouts). Jupiter rises in the east somewhere around 2-2:30 am.