Griffith Park Observatory: Conjunction (12/22)

Watch the Great Conjunction

(Griffith Park Observatory, Hollywood, Webcast Live) On Monday, December 21, 2020, starting at 4:30 pm, the winter solstice, the planets Jupiter and Saturn will appear in the evening sky very close to each other, at about one-fifth of the Moon's diameter apart.

This close approach of the two planets is called a "great conjunction" and occurs when the independent movements of Jupiter and Saturn make them appear close together in the sky. This happens once every 20 years, but they have not been seen this close together since 1226 A.D. More