{"id":493755,"date":"2026-06-15T11:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/493755\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:45:33","slug":"apod-2026-june-14-10-days-of-venus-and-jupiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/493755\/","title":{"rendered":"APOD: 2026 June 14 \u2013 10 Days of Venus and Jupiter"},"content":{"rendered":"

APOD: 2026 June 14 \u2013 10 Days of Venus and Jupiter <\/p>\n

Discover the cosmos!<\/a>
\nEach day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.\n<\/p>\n

2026 June 14
\n

\n\"A<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

10 Days of Venus and Jupiter
Image Credit & Copyright:
\nAditya Pawar<\/a> <\/p>\n

Explanation:
\nVenus and Jupiter<\/a>
\nmay have caught your attention lately. <\/p>\n

The
\nrecent close conjunction<\/a>
\nof the two brightest planets in recent evening skies has been
\nhard to miss<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With Jupiter at the top, starting on May 30 and ending on June 8,
\ntheir close approach was
\nchronicled daily, left to right, in the
\nfeatured panels<\/a> from
\nMaharashtra<\/a>,
\nIndia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Near the western horizon, the
\nevening sky colors<\/a>
\nand exposures used for each panel depend on the local conditions near sunset.<\/p>\n

At their closest on June 9, the
\ncelestial pair<\/a> appeared to be only
\nabout three times the width of a full moon apart.<\/p>\n

Of course, on that date, the
\ntwo planets<\/a>
\nwere physically separated by over 600 million kilometers in their
\norbits around the Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the coming days,
\nJupiter<\/a>
\nwill slowly settle into the sunset glare, but
\nVenus<\/a>
\nwill continue to move farther from the Sun in the
\nwestern sky to excel in its current role as the
\nbrilliant evening star<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gallery:
\nVenus – Jupiter Conjunction of 2026 June<\/a>
Tomorrow’s picture: triple Sun shock<\/a> <\/p>\n

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\n Authors & editors:
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\nJerry Bonnell<\/a> (UMCP<\/a>)
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