Jupiter and the moon, August 16, 17 and 18 mornings
Jupiter and the moon drift apart
As the waning gibbous moon approaches its 3rd quarter phase, it moves away from bright Jupiter on the mornings of August 16, 17 and 18, 2022. Jupiter is up by late evening now, and can be found in morning sky. But the moon will rise later each evening – and so moving away from Jupiter – as it makes a beeline toward Mars, which is bright and red and near Jupiter now in the morning sky.
The moon is also diminishing in brightness in our sky, as it heads from its full phase on August 11, to new moon on August 27. . .
Bottom line: Jupiter and the moon grow farther apart in the sky as the moon’s lit face shrinks in size. Watch the moon recede from Jupiter on August 16, 17 and 18, 2022.
https://earthsky.org/tonight/jupiter-and-the-moon-august-16-17-and-18-2022/?