Venus approaches Jupiter this evening, two evenings before their conjunction.  The planets are low in the sky about 45 minutes after sunset.  This evening the two planets are is 2.1° apart.  Tomorrow evening the gap between the planets is 1.5°.  Venus appears to the lower left of Jupiter.  Sunday evening, November 24, the planets appear closest (conjunction). On this evening they are 1.4° apart.  Venus is to the lower left of Jupiter.

Read more about Venus as an Evening Star at these links:

• 2019-2020: Venus as an Evening Star
• 2019, November 24:  A Venus-Jupiter Conjunction
• 2019, November 28:  A Close Venus – Moon Conjunction
• 2019, December 10:  A Venus-Saturn Conjunction

Categories: Astronomy, Sky Watching

Tags: astronomy, conjunction, Jupiter, Planets, sky watching, Venus