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Conjunction
Venus–Jupiter Conjunction
Venus and Jupiter appear about 1.6° apart in Gemini.
Your local time
10 Jun 2026, 01:30
Universal time
9 Jun 2026, 20:00 UTC
Time since
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Partially visible from New Delhi, IndiaNaked EyeVisible worldwide where sky conditions allow
Venus and Jupiter pass close together on the sky, separated by roughly 1.6 degrees at closest approach. They are not physically near each other — this is a line-of-sight alignment — but the pairing is striking to the unaided eye and easily fits in a single binocular field.
Observation details
- Visibility
- Partially visible
- Best viewing time
- 9 Jun 2026, 20:30
- Direction to look
- NNW · azimuth 334°
- Altitude at peak
- -35.2°
- Equipment
- Naked Eye
- Minimum separation
- 1.61°
- Constellation
- Gemini
The event's peak happens below your horizon, but the same part of the sky reaches 16° later in the night.
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Photography & observing tips
- •Both objects fit comfortably in a single binocular field, and often in a telescope's low-power field.
- •Wide-angle shots that include foreground landscape make the pairing far more striking.
- •Twilight conjunctions photograph beautifully — expose for the sky, not the planets.
Other conjunction events
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