2021 Astronomical Events for the Wabash Valley
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The great conjunction of jupiter and saturn..
Those were just two of the many celestial events in 20-20.
Now.....storm team's david siple has a good look at what will be happening high above the wabash valley for 20-21.
2021 is set to wow stargazers in the wabash valley.
We will start off the year with another conjunction.
Jupiter and mercury are set to appear very close together on the morning of march 5.
You'll have to get up around 6:30 in the morning and look in the eastern horizon to view the conjunction.
Fast forward to april, may, and june where a supermoon will occur each month.
A supermoon is essentially when the moon is at its closest point to earth on its orbit and the full moon will look bigger and brighter.
The best viewing time will be right after moonrise and before moonset.
Probably the biggest astronomical event for us here in the wabash valley, will be a total lunar eclipse on the evening of may 26.
This happens when the sun, the earth, and the moon align perfectly.
The earth will cast a shadow on the moon turning it a reddish color which gives it, its name a "blood moon".
A partial solar eclipse is set to happen on june 10th.
This is when the moon will pass close in the path of the sun.
For us in the valley, the sun might look a little like this at around 6:30 in the morning and last for only 5 minutes.
In april of 2024 we will see an impressive and rare total solar eclipse in our area.
For an entire list of all other astronomical events for 2021 as well as meteor showers for the wabash valley, i have prepared a full list on this story on our website.
That's wthitv.com in the wthi studio, i'm storm