Apr 30 - Moon and Jupiter Meet

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Tonight … Moon and Jupiter meet in Libra Full moon was last night, but tonight's moon is even closer to Jupiter. Also, Jupiter can guide you to Zubenelgenubi and Zubeneschamali, pronounced liked Obi-Wan Kenobi of Star Wars. They are Libra's 2 brightest stars. New Shepard has successful 8th test flight Blue Origin's suborbital rocket New Shepard made its 8th test flight on April 29, launching from the company's launch site in West Texas. Watch mission highlights here. See it! Full moon and Jupiter Miss last night's full moon? Check out these photos from the EarthSky community. How to see Jupiter's moons Jupiter's opposition - the best time to observe the planet and its moons for all of 2018 - centers on May 9. Will you see Mercury before sunrise?     From the Southern Hemisphere, these next weeks are your best opportunity of 2018 to spot the sun's innermost planet, Mercury. From the Northern Hemisphere ... not so much.

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Tonight … Moon and Jupiter meet in Libra Watch for these 2 very bright objects, near each other, Monday night.

The full moon and Jupiter Jenney Disimon wrote: "Full moon 100 percent, lunar halo and Jupiter, Sabah North Borneo, 11 p.m., 29 April 2018." See Jupiter? It's inside the halo, at about 5 o'clock. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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