Reply #9: Brightest and seemingly largest in 15 years due to orbit

[Ichingcarpenter]

Be sure to check out Jupiter and Venus in the southwest at night
it is a rarer occurrence, also these are brightest in the sky after the moon. That conjunction happens once every I think every 70 years or so. I need to look that up.

Anyway
here is a link on where to look at night.
http://www.visualastronomy.com/2008/11/moon-jupiter-venus-conjunction.html





Link to the 15 years story

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3722203/Biggest-and-brightest-full-moon-for-15-years-will-illuminate-the-night-sky.html