Jupiter Tonight, Eclipse In The Morning: 2 Major Sky Events For Pa.

By Jason Koestenblatt

Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it's… Jupiter!

The solar system's largest planet will again be easily visible Tuesday night as it buddies up with the earth’s moon. Sky watchers Monday night may have noticed an incredibly bright planet – that was Jupiter – just to the west of the nearly full moon Monday night. The massive planet will again be noticeable Tuesday night, this time to the north of the full moon, earthsky.org said.

Wednesday’s early bird gets the worm — and a nice little show in the pre-dawn sky.

The full moon will be shadowed thanks to a penumberal lunar eclipse Wednesday morning. The penumberal lunar eclipse is subtle, despite the moon going full at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, earthsky.org said.

The eclipse begins at 5:39:31 a.m., give or take a second or two, and is visible from the east coast, according to timeanddate.com.

Midnight skies in Eastern Pennsylvania will be partly cloudy, according to weather.com, while skies around dawn will be mostly cloudy. Central New Jersey will be mostly cloudy at midnight and again at 5 a.m. Western Pennsylvania will have cloudy skies at midnight followed by mostly cloudy skies at dawn.

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