Conjunction (astronomy and astrology)

Three consecutive days of close conjunction between the Moon and Venus.

Conjunction is a word used in astronomy and astrology. It means that, as seen from some place (usually the Earth), two celestial bodies appear near one another in the sky. The event is also sometimes known as an appulse.

The astronomical and astrological symbol of conjunction is 32px (in Unicode, U+260C ☌).

Conjunction (astronomy And Astrology) Media

• Conjunción entre la Luna y Venus.jpg

  Durante el atardecer del 6 de diciembre de 2021, se pudo observar una conjunción visual entre la Luna y el planeta Venus. Los dos objetos nocturnos más brillantes al atardecer. La Luna ubicada a unos 361.377 Km de distancia, y Venus a unos 38.407.000 de km.

• Planetary Conjunction over Paranal.jpg

  A conjunction of Mars and Jupiter in the morning of 1 May 2011, when, about an hour before sunrise, five of the Solar System's eight planets and the Moon could be seen from Cerro Paranal, Chile.

• ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) observatory at Paranal.jpg

  In the night sky over ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) observatory at Paranal, the Moon shines along with two bright companions: Venus and Jupiter.

• Positional astronomy.svg

  Metapost-generated vector version of Positional astronomy.png.

• Planet Meeting 1953BC.png

  Meeting of all 5 bright planets on February 27, 1953, BC, for an observer at 50N 9E at 7 CET

• Conjunction between Mars and Jupiter on July4th,929.png

  Conjunction of Mars and Jupiter on July 4, 929, for an observer at 50N 9E at 23 CET. Both planets reached nearly their greatest possible brightness

• View of Supernova1054.png

  View on Supernova 1054 and the Moon on July 5th, 1054, for an observer at 50N 9E at 3:15 CET

• Meeting of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn on December 26th, 1503.png

  Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in the constellation Gemini on December 26, 1503

• View of Supernova1604.png

  View on Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Kepler's Supernova on October 9, 1604, for an observer at 50N 9E at 19 CET

• Conjunção Lua-Vênus-Júpiter.jpg

  Conjunction of Venus (left) and Jupiter (bottom), with the nearby crescent Moon, seen from São Paulo, Brazil, on 1 December 2008

Other websites

• Occultations of Saturn by Jupiter Archived 2005-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
• Image of 2001 occultation of Saturn by the Moon Archived 2008-08-01 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
• Planets conjunctions and mutual occultations 1000BC to 3000AD Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Conjunctions of planets with the main asteroids Archived 2007-09-16 at the Wayback Machine