The moon will get together with Jupiter this evening, making a nearby way to deal with the planetary group's biggest planet in the night sky.
From New York City, the 19-day-old moon and Jupiter will be apparent from not long after they transcend the eastern skyline at around10 p.m. EDT (0200 GMT) until not long before they plunge underneath the skyline at around 11:52 a.m. EDT (1552 GMT) on Tuesday, Sept. 5, as per Overhead. Jupiter will be simply above and to one side of the moon.
Both the moon and Jupiter will be in the Aires group of stars during the nearby methodology and combination. The moon will be in its disappearing gibbous stage, with around 64% of the lunar circle enlightened by the sun during the nearby methodology. Jupiter will show up inside only 3 levels of the moon, or about the width of two fingers at a safe distance.