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The gibbous moon appears in the morning planet parade with Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars.
by Jeffrey L. Hunt
Through a thin veil of clouds, the gibbous moon (overexposed in the image) is 8.7° to the lower left of Saturn. Jupiter is inching eastward among the stars toward its Great Conjunction with Saturn on December 21, 2020. This morning they are 4.7° apart.
Saturn is retrograding, appearing to move west among the stars. Jupiter’s retrograde begins tomorrow.
Mars shines from the southeast. This morning it is nearly 33° from Jupiter. Mars continues to march away from Jupiter and Saturn.
For more details about the morning planets, read more here.
For our daily semi-technical description of May’s planet events, click here.