By Sonia Ramirez, Chron.com / Houston Chronicle

Jupiter and Saturn took center stage across the night sky last night as they formed a triangle with the waning, gibbous moon-meaning they shared the same celestial longitude, said space.com.

Jupiter and Saturn took center stage across the night sky last night as they formed a triangle with the waning, gibbous moon-meaning they shared the same celestial longitude, said space.com.

Jupiter and Saturn took center stage across the night sky last night as they formed a triangle with the waning, gibbous moon-meaning they shared the same celestial longitude, said space.com.

Jupiter and Saturn took center stage across the night sky last night as they formed a triangle with the waning, gibbous moon-meaning they shared the same celestial longitude, said space.com.

A rendezvous between Jupiter, Saturn and the moon lit up the night skies this week

A Houston-area stargazer captured a rare rendezvous between Jupiter, Saturn, and the moon on June 8.

Houston's night sky was the perfect backdrop for last night's midnight showing of Jupiter and Saturn as they formed a triangle with Earth's moon.

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"The waning, gibbous moon was in conjunction with Jupiter meaning they shared the same celestial longitude," said space.com.

The celestial event streaming across the night began its ascension on June 7 into the early morning hours on June 8.

Alyssa Croft was able to capture photos in the slideshow of the stellar event around 12:30 a.m. on June 8 from her backyard in Clear Lake.

"As Jupiter continues to catch up with Saturn preparing for their once-in-20-years great conjunction in December 2020 the waning moon comes by, this time passing 2.2 degrees south of Jupiter on June 8 and 2.7 degrees south of Saturn on June 9," said earthsky.com.

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The extraordinary collaboration of these celestial planets is part of the best night sky events of June 2020, such as the full "strawberry moon," that made its appearance on Friday, June 5.

The "Super conjunction" of Jupiter and Saturn on December 21, 2020, will be the final astronomy event of the year.

Touted as one of the most impressive events, Jupiter and Saturn make an extremely close encounter following the first sunset of winter, according to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada."The closest they have been since 1623."

If you were able to capture a photo of the amazing night sky showing of the trio coming together, share it in the comments below.

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