St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day For May 28

St. Louis MO

31 May, 2022

6:53 AM

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Press release from St. Louis Science Center: May 28, 2022 A conjunction of Mars and Jupiter occurs at 7:03 pm today but won't be visible to us since the sun will still be above the horizon. At the conjunction the two planets would appear just less than 0.5° apart. However, tomorrow morning around 5 am they will still appear very close together. Mars will be visible just 0.6° S of Jupiter above the eastern horizon in the constellation of Pisces the Fish. This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.