Mid-Autumn Festival, watching the brightest Jupiter for nearly 50 years

Do not miss the opportunity to watch the brightest Jupiter in nearly 50 years in the evening before Mid-Autumn Festival one day (14/8 lunar calendar).

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According to scientists, the lunar calendar will be the night of the brightest Jupiter in nearly 50 years. And everyone has to wait another 12 years (in 2022) to be able to see such a bright Jupiter again.

On the 14th day of the 8th lunar month, one could see Jupiter growing slightly low in the east when the sunset descended on that day. Around midnight it will be upright.

Jupiter (Photo: flexijourney)

At the end of the second day (August 13 of the lunar calendar), Earth will pass 588 million kilometers and pass through the space between Jupiter and the Sun, which is the closest approach since 1963.

And on the 14th day of the 8th lunar month, Jupiter will be very bright, it is 3 times brighter than the brightest star in our sky, why Sirius. By ordinary telescopes people can easily observe Jupiter and its moons.

Thus, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival Jupiter with the Moon together with each other to light.