The thin crescent moon is five degrees...
The thin crescent moon is five degrees to the right of Jupiter tonight. Both are in the northern part of Sagittarius. They set together after 8 p.m. Jupiter is 2,300 times as distant as the moon. Three of Jupiter’s four largest moons- each of which is as big or bigger than our moon- are visible tonight through a small telescope. This evening Jupiter’s fourth moon, Io, is casting its shadow on Jupiter’s clouds, and the shadow appears as a small black dot.
Source: John Mosley, Griffith Observatory
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