{"id":12331,"date":"2024-08-16T21:05:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T21:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=12331"},"modified":"2024-08-16T21:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T21:05:48","slug":"how-to-see-the-conjunction-between-mars-jupiter-and-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=12331","title":{"rendered":"How to See the Conjunction Between Mars, Jupiter, and the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"


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This story originally<\/span> appeared on<\/em> WIRED en Espa\u00f1ol<\/a> and has been translated from Spanish.<\/em><\/p>\n

August has delivered many spectacular sights in the night sky: a supermoon, meteor showers<\/a>, and supercharged auroras<\/a>. Mars and Jupiter also currently appear unusually close together in the night sky, in what\u2019s known as a conjunction. They appeared closest during the early morning of August 14 and are now gradually moving apart, and won\u2019t be this close again in the sky until 2033.<\/p>\n

But while they are still close, at the end of the month\u2014on August 27\u2014they\u2019ll be joined by a third protagonist, the moon, producing a rare triple conjunction of the three bodies close together. The moon will be in its crescent phase, and according to the constellation-tracking app Star Walk<\/a>, will be 40 percent illuminated. This decrease in brightness will make it possible to see the red dot of Mars and the larger star Jupiter next to it.<\/p>\n

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