# Anyone watching the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056 "2008-11-23T00:48:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/41 "2008-12-01T21:34:15Z")
No smiley face here in the UK ☹ I was driving home today, and spotted the crescent moon and Jupiter, but no Venus. 😕 Ten minutes later, heading down the M3, I looked at the moon and saw Venus just emerging on the bright edge - not just a planetary conjunction, but an lunar occlusion as well. Well cool. Makes up for missing the smiley, but does anyone have any pics? Si ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/42 "2008-12-01T23:44:12Z")
Ah, I wondered if that had happened. 🆒 Really cloudy by 5pm here so I only glimpsed the moon and one planet, couldn’t be sure which one. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/43 "2008-12-02T00:22:58Z")
Clear here tonight. I took some pictures; man it was COLD out there! It was hard (for me) to get the moon in focus and still include the planets. But for those who are clouded out, as I was last night: [A picture.](http://home.comcast.net/~yay.cat.pictures//conjunction.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/44 "2008-12-02T00:24:40Z")
> [@Terrifel](#): > > _When the Moon is in the Seventh House > And Jupiter aligns with Venus, > Then peace will guide the planets…_ And ensue will the penis? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/45 "2008-12-02T00:31:16Z")
> [@si\_blakely](#): > > No smiley face here in the UK ☹ > > I was driving home today, and spotted the crescent moon and Jupiter, but no Venus. 😕 > > Ten minutes later, heading down the M3, I looked at the moon and saw Venus just emerging on the bright edge - not just a planetary conjunction, but an lunar occlusion as well. Well cool. Makes up for missing the smiley, but does anyone have any pics? > > Si I noticed it on the way home from the station about 5:30 - Venus was just a little way off the bright edge - I phoned home and said “LookOutOfTheWindowAtTheMoonTheMoonTheMoon! GetTheKidsToLookAtTheMoon!”. They didn’t find it quite so spectacular, or if they did, managed to keep an impressive rein on their excitement. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/46 "2008-12-02T00:46:12Z")
I had had no idea this was happening, but a friend phoned us up last night and said “You must look at the moon. Now!” We had to stand on the neighbor’s fence to see it, but it was a lovely clear sky for viewing. Mr Aspy had to poke me a couple of times till I “got it” though (I was all - ‘Hey, there’s a really bright star kind of near the moon. I wonder if it’s one of the planets? Um - what are we s’posed to be looking for again?’) ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/47 "2008-12-02T00:48:08Z")
**Boscibo** , thanks for the photo. It’s my new desktop background. It’s clear here tonight. If I wasn’t such a pansy, I’d go outside with the binoculars. Local weather guy says you can see some features, even a couple of Jupiter’s moons. But it’s too damn cold and I’d probably slip on the steps (snow and ice). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/48 "2008-12-02T01:19:27Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > We had to stand on the neighbor’s fence to see it… MPSIMS: I first read this as “we had to stand on the neighbor’s _face_ to see it”. ---
**Author:** ![shellofmyformerself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@shellofmyformerself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shellofmyformerself)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/49 "2008-12-02T01:24:42Z")
We got a frowny-face here. My 6-year-old though it was “way cool”. She had to call her aunt, grandmother and her dad. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/50 "2008-12-02T01:51:43Z")
I’m out taking photos right now, trying to look harmless to the rich folks on Camelback mountain. I’ll post photos later. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/51 "2008-12-02T01:53:43Z")
It was crystal clear in Houston about 5:30 this evening, when I stepped out of the office to go home, and the moon, Jupiter and Venus were vivid. I mentioned the sight to one of the guys in the warehouse, and he just sort of shrugged and went back in. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/52 "2008-12-02T01:57:31Z")
Really good view of them from here tonight. That’s pretty incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Omgalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/41988e/32.png) [@Omgalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omgalion)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/53 "2008-12-02T04:44:18Z")
I saw the ‘smiley face’ last night completely by accident. Gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/54 "2008-12-02T05:21:49Z")
Here’s a photo from tonight: [All sizes | Phoenix+Triad | Flickr - Photo Sharing!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/3075920557/sizes/l/) ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/55 "2008-12-02T05:22:30Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > MPSIMS: I first read this as “we had to stand on the neighbor’s _face_ to see it”. That would definitely result in one less smiley face in the world… ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/56 "2008-12-02T06:51:44Z")
It was gorgeous tonight in Norfolk, VA and also in DC. It was especially magical in Norfolk, as I was at the airport, with a girl I had just randomly met, and the plane we were going on was one of those small commuter jets. There was no tunnel, so we were walking onto the runway and into the night sky. The upside-down smiley face shone prominently. I ironically quoted _Gone With The Wind_. She was putty in my hands for the rest of the night, and I’m going to see her next weekend in Atlanta. Thank you astronomy! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/57 "2008-12-02T14:42:58Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > It was gorgeous tonight in Norfolk, VA and also in DC. It was especially magical in Norfolk, as I was at the airport, with a girl I had just randomly met, and the plane we were going on was one of those small commuter jets. There was no tunnel, so we were walking onto the runway and into the night sky. The upside-down smiley face shone prominently. I ironically quoted _Gone With The Wind_. She was putty in my hands for the rest of the night, and I’m going to see her next weekend in Atlanta. Thank you astronomy! How does “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” work in this situation? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/58 "2008-12-02T16:12:01Z")
Last night was a great night to thank your lucky stars. Thank your lucky stars you’re not a young Aztec virgin. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056/59 "2008-12-02T20:35:14Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Here’s a photo from tonight: [All sizes | Phoenix+Triad | Flickr - Photo Sharing!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/3075920557/sizes/l/) Wow, that’s a gorgeous photo! It’s actually sunny today. I may actually be able to see something other than grey cloudy nothing tonight. _cross fingers_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-venus/474056.md?page=2)