# We may get a glimpse of the occultation of Jupiter tonight

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**Created:** [December 29, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-get-a-glimpse-of-the-occultation-of-jupiter-tonight/479022 "2008-12-29T02:50:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-get-a-glimpse-of-the-occultation-of-jupiter-tonight/479022/1 "2008-12-29T02:50:46Z")

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It will be very low in the western sky about an hour after sunset, so it may just be visible. It’s a dark limb disappearance, which should make it a bit easier. Unfortunately there’s also a lot of cloud about today, so we may miss the whole thing.

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-get-a-glimpse-of-the-occultation-of-jupiter-tonight/479022/2 "2008-12-29T08:45:08Z")

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Wow, what a lot of cool astronomy has been happening this month. Any luck?

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**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 29, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-get-a-glimpse-of-the-occultation-of-jupiter-tonight/479022/3 "2008-12-29T09:06:55Z")

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Still 40 minutes to go till sunset

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-get-a-glimpse-of-the-occultation-of-jupiter-tonight/479022/4 "2008-12-29T21:11:50Z")

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> [@Malacandra](#):
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> Wow, what a lot of cool astronomy has been happening this month. Any luck?

None at all. The sky was completely clouded over.