Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Bright Moon Shines with Saturn (all night)

After the very bright, almost full moon clears the treetops in the east around 9:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, August 20, it will be shining very closely below (or celestial south of) the bright, yellowish dot of Saturn. Over the course of the night, the pair will cross the sky together. Meanwhile the
moon?s eastward orbital motion and the diurnal rotation of the sky will pull the moon farther from Saturn and rotate the ringed planet below the moon.
Watch for them low in the southwestern sky before sunrise on Wednesday
morning. Observers in a zone across northern South America and across the Atlantic Ocean to northwestern Africa and western Europe can watch the moon occult Saturn on Tuesday around 04:00 UT.

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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