Jupiter Turns Invisible on July 29 as Full Buck Moon Peaks the Same Day
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Updated · Fox Weather · Jun 30
Jupiter Turns Invisible on July 29 as Full Buck Moon Peaks the Same Day
3 articles · Updated · Fox Weather · Jun 30
Summary
July 29 will pair a full Buck Moon with Jupiter's Solar Conjunction, a lineup that will temporarily hide the planet from view from Earth.
NASA says a solar conjunction happens when a planet passes directly behind the sun from Earth's perspective, leaving Jupiter lost in the sun's glare.
The July 29 events cap a month of skywatching that starts July 4 with a Mars-Uranus conjunction only 0.1 degree apart—their closest until 2053.
Other July highlights include Earth reaching aphelion at 94,502,961 miles from the sun on July 6 and several moon pairings with Saturn, Mars and Venus.