Tonight’s Supermoon, Jupiter and Jupiter’s Moons

Full Moon (Supermoon), November 15, 2024.

With a nice clear sky I went out to photograph tonight’s supermoon. Then I pointed my lens at Jupiter.

Jupiter and moons, November 15, 2024.

Jupiter and the 4 Galilean moons (named for Galileo who discovered them) were below and to the left of the moon. Other than the moon, Jupiter is the brightest object tonight in the eastern sky.

I provided photography tips in my article earlier today (also linked below). You can still go out tonight or tomorrow night. The moon will still be nearly full tomorrow night.  Jupiter will still be bright in the evening sky for the weeks to come. At the same time each night it will be a little higher in the sky. You can track its location with Stellarium (see below).

Stellarium: Jupiter and it’s moons tonight around 9:15 pm. pm local time.

Stellarium is free software that shows you the night sky. You can pick any date and time. You can zoom in and out on any area of the sky. I zoomed in on Jupiter to see which Galilean moons were which. Their order and location changes.

Exposure Data:

Moon: Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 100-400mm lens. f/11, 1/320 second, ISO 400.

Jupiter and moons: Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 100-400mm lens. f/11, 1/20 second, ISO 1600.

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Tonight: Supermoon, Jupiter and Jupiter’s 4 Moons

Stellarium