The article details a significant astronomical event: the transit of Jupiter's moon Io and its shadow across the gas giant's disk, observed overnight from December 27th into December 28th. The ingress ...
The observation period features lunar appulses with Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus, complemented by transits of Jupiter's Galilean moons (Io and Europa) and their shadows across the gas giant's disk.
On December 25, the Moon will pass 4° north of Saturn at 11 P.M. EST, with both celestial bodies observable in the southwestern sky during the evening. Saturn will present a magnitude of 0.7, ...