# Is that Jupiter and the moon

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 23, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-jupiter-and-the-moon/983067 "2023-04-23T03:02:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-jupiter-and-the-moon/983067/1 "2023-04-23T03:02:49Z")

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Is that Jupiter and the moon lined up right now ?( Setting in the western sky)

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-jupiter-and-the-moon/983067/2 "2023-04-23T03:13:30Z")

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Venus. Jupiter is now in the morning sky. Mars is in the deep south, as far down there as it will get when near opposition.

They’ll be very close tomorrow (4-23) night.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-jupiter-and-the-moon/983067/3 "2023-04-23T04:40:22Z")

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Thanks. I didn’t think Venus got that high in the sky. Will look again tomorrow night.

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**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-jupiter-and-the-moon/983067/4 "2023-04-23T05:29:08Z")

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There are a number of phone apps that let you just point your phone at the sky and the app tells you what you’re seeing. Stellarium Mobile is pretty good.

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-jupiter-and-the-moon/983067/5 "2023-04-23T14:28:27Z")

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> [@markn\_1](#):
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> Stellarium Mobile is pretty good

I’ve got Stellarium on my PC, but use SkyView on my phone. I’ll give Stellarium Mobile a try.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-jupiter-and-the-moon/983067/6 "2023-04-24T04:34:37Z")

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By the time I got out tonight, their positions were reversed. Venus was closer to setting than the moon. Both were against a backdrop of green northern lights.

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**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-jupiter-and-the-moon/983067/7 "2023-04-24T05:45:39Z")

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Yeah, the moon sets about an hour later each night, because it rotates around the earth once a month. All the planets move across the sky much more slowly.