The Moon and Jupiter will share the same right ascension, with the Moon passing 43' to the south of Jupiter. The Moon will be 6 days old.
At around the same time, the two objects will also make a close approach, technically called an appulse.
From Fairfield , the pair will become visible at around 17:06 (EDT), 50° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. They will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 22:49.
The Moon will be at mag -11.6, and Jupiter at mag -2.3, both in the constellation Cetus.
The pair will be a little too widely separated to fit comfortably within the field of view of a telescope, but will be visible to the naked eye or through a pair of binoculars.
A graph of the angular separation between the Moon and Jupiter around the time of closest approach is available here.
The positions of the two objects at the moment of conjunction will be as follows:
| Object | Right Ascension | Declination | Constellation | Magnitude | Angular Size |
| The Moon | 00h28m20s | 1°00'N | Cetus | -11.6 | 31'27"6 |
| Jupiter | 00h28m20s | 1°43'N | Cetus | -2.3 | 37"3 |
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0. The pair will be at an angular separation of 71° from the Sun, which is in Sagittarius at this time of year.
The sky on 15 Jan 2035
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39% 6 days old |
All times shown in EST.
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Source
The circumstances of this event were computed using the DE430 planetary ephemeris published by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
This event was automatically generated by searching the ephemeris for planetary alignments which are of interest to amateur astronomers, and the text above was generated based on an estimate of your location.
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Image credit
The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.