Jupiter Tonight, Eclipse In The Morning: 2 Major Sky Events

Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it's… Jupiter!

The solar system's largest planet will again be easily visible Tuesday night as it buddies up with the earth’s moon. Sky watchers Monday night may have noticed an incredibly bright planet – that was Jupiter – just to the west of the nearly full moon Monday night. The massive planet will again be noticeable Tuesday night, this time to the north of the full moon, earthsky.org said.

Wednesday’s early bird gets the worm - and a nice little show in the pre-dawn sky.

The full moon will be shadowed thanks to a penumberal lunar eclipse Wednesday morning.

The eclipse begins at 4:39:31 a.m., give or take a second or two, according to timeanddate.com.

Midnight skies in northern Illinois will be partly cloudy. There's a chance of rain after 1 a.m..

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