Winter Solstice Great Conjunction Time. If you were to look at where the Sun is at exactly the same time of day over different days of the year What is 'the great conjunction'? The sequence of images below shows the path of the Sun through the sky at different times of the year.
The two planets will be closest to each other in the sky tonight, which is also winter solstice, and may be viewed as one point of light, appearing only a.
This is when the Sun appears the lowest in the Northern After that, the Sun will start to creep back north again.
Apart from winter solstice, the day will also be remembered for the great conjunction, when Jupiter and Saturn will display a visual overlap in the night sky. -- Since time immemorial, there are various traditions and rituals associated with the day. To mark the two occasions, Google has collaborated with NASA to craft an animated Doodle depicting the great. A conjunction occurs when any two astronomical objects appear close together in the.