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climbing highest up at about 4 a.m. standard time (5 a.m. daylight saving time). People in Australia will see an especially close pairing of the moon and Jupiter on the morning of October 6. In fact, if you live in southern part of Western Australia or in Tasmania, you can even see the moon occult - cover over - Jupiter. Click here for more information on this lunar occultation of Jupiter.
• Meanwhile, if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you can watch the waning gibbous moon and Jupiter shining in front of the constellation Tarurus the Bull from late evening until dawn.


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