Celestial Spectacle: Moon and Jupiter Illuminate the Night Sky

The moon and Jupiter will have a close encounter tonight, with the moon being almost fully illuminated and Jupiter appearing bright in the night sky. The two celestial bodies will be visible in the constellation of Pisces, but will still be too widely separated to fit in the narrow field of view of a telescope. However, they should be visible together in the wider field of view of binoculars. The moon is about 238,855 miles away from Earth, while Jupiter is an average of 444 million miles away.