In a celestial encounter that's set to occur on Monday, the moon will reportedly appear to sail past Jupiter during the evening hours.

According to Space, the Moon and Jupiter have been involved in a series of conjunctions. Just prior to Thanksgiving, a full moon appeared to be extremely close to Jupiter. The same scenario also occurred on Christmas night.

On Jan. 21, the moon looked to have skimmed Jupiter right below it, which was the closest pairing ever witnessed between the two planets. However, Monday night is slated to have them even closer, states the site.

The moon made its closest approach towards Jupiter at roughly 7 a.m. EST on Monday morning, but the two planets were below the North American horizon, which made it nearly impossible to spot.

By Monday night, the rare occurrence will be more noticeable and will have moved to a point estimated to be 6 degrees to the left, just east of Jupiter.

The site states that Jupiter is slated to first come out "at dusk, high in the south." It will also be joined by two star clusters, Pleiades and Hyades, as well as a plethora of other bright stars.

Following the happenings of last week, the solar system continues to stay busy, as it was highlighted by a meteor crashing in Russia and an asteroid streaking by the Earth at a record distance.

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