Provided clear skies, the great conjunction will be shining brightly shorty after sunset. Now while they’ll appear super close with the naked eye, they’re in reality still hundreds of millions of miles apart. Since it’s been centuries since we’ve seen a view like this in the night sky, we’ll have to look and see for sure on December 21st.
Some experts say it may look like an “elongated star” or a “double planet”. However, this will be the closest that’s actually observable for us on Earth since medieval times back in 1226! Jupiter and Saturn will be 0.1 degrees apart, which is less than the diameter of a full moon.
Aligning with the winter solstice this year on December 21st, 2020, the two planets will be the closest since 1623.
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