{"id":164173,"date":"2025-11-28T11:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/164173\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T11:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:55:12","slug":"see-the-moon-and-saturn-shine-together-in-the-evening-sky-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/164173\/","title":{"rendered":"See The Moon And Saturn Shine Together In The Evening Sky This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topline<\/p>\n<p>Skywatchers will this weekend be treated to the sight of Saturn close to a bright moon. The ringed planet \u2014 close to its brightest of the year \u2014 will appear to the right side of the moon, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere on Friday, Nov.\u202f28, sit very close to it on Saturday, Nov. 29, and appear on its left side on Sunday, Nov. 30. The close conjunction occurs because the moon orbits Earth on roughly the same plane \u2014 the ecliptic \u2014 as planets orbit the sun. <\/p>\n<p>The moon and Saturn will be in a close conjunction this weekend. (Composite image of two separate NASA images)<\/p>\n<p>Saturn: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, Matthew Tiscareno (SETI Institute), Matthew Hedman (University of Idaho), Maryame El Moutamid (Cornell University), Mark Showalter (SETI Institute), Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester), Heidi Hammel (AURA) Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI). Moon: NASA\/GSFCKey Facts<\/p>\n<p>About an hour after sunset each evening between Nov.\u202f28-30, face south and look up. The closest pairing will occur on Nov.\u202f29 when the 68%-illuminated waxing gibbous moon will be less than five degrees above Saturn, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/WhenTheCurvesLineUp.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"http:\/\/WhenTheCurvesLineUp.com\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:http:\/\/whenthecurveslineup.com\/\" aria-label=\"WhenTheCurvesLineUp.com\">WhenTheCurvesLineUp.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Saturn will appear as a golden, steady point of light near the moon. Although it\u2019s not as bright as Jupiter, this conjunction will be especially striking to the naked eye because Saturn is shining relatively brightly shortly after its bright opposition in September. <\/p>\n<p>Through a small telescope, skywatchers can catch a glimpse of Saturn\u2019s rings, though they are currently tilted at their narrowest from Earth\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n<p>During the close conjunction on Nov. 29, Neptune will be just below the moon, roughly between it and Saturn, though the eighth planet from the sun is too dim to be seen with the naked eye.<\/p>\n<p>When Is The Next Full Moon?<\/p>\n<p>The next full moon will occur at 8:20 a.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. Called the \u201cCold Moon,\u201d the \u201cLong Nights Moon\u201d and the \u201cMoon Before Yule\u201d by various cultures, it will be the second-biggest full moon of 2025 \u2014 a \u201csupermoon\u201d \u2014 the third of four supermoons that round out 2025 and begin 2026. It will also be the third and final full moon of fall in the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in the Southern Hemisphere. <\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline Skywatchers will this weekend be treated to the sight of Saturn close to a bright moon. 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