Jupiter and the Moon: Dazzling Stargazer Photos of Jan. 21, 2013

By Tariq Malik
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Jupiter Near the Moon: Greg Diesel Walck

Greg Diesel Walck/facebook.com/GregDieselPhotography

Photographer Greg Diesel Walck captured this photo of Jupiter near the moon from the coasts of North Carolina on Jan. 21, 2013 during an extreme close encounter. Click here to read the full story.

Jupiter Near the Moon: Greg Diesel Walck

Greg Diesel Walck/facebook.com/GregDieselPhotography

Jupiter and its largest moons are unmistakable in this amazing photo by photographer Greg Diesel Walck of North Carolina on the night of Jan. 21, 2013, during an extreme close encounter. Click here to read the full story.

Jupiter Near the Moon: Giuseppe Petricca

Giuseppe Petricca

Amateur astronomer Giuseppe Petricca captured this photo of Jupiter near the moon on Jan. 21, 2013 during an extreme close encounter. Click here to read the full story.

Jupiter Near the Moon: Giuseppe Petricca

Giuseppe Petricca

Amateur astronomer Giuseppe Petricca captured this photo of Jupiter near the moon on Jan. 21, 2013 during an extreme close encounter. Click here to read the full story.

Jupiter Near the Moon: Giuseppe Petricca

Giuseppe Petricca

Amateur astronomer Giuseppe Petricca captured this photo of Jupiter near the moon on Jan. 21, 2013 during an extreme close encounter.

Jupiter Near the Moon: Giuseppe Petricca

Giuseppe Petricca

Amateur astronomer Giuseppe Petricca captured this photo of Jupiter near the moon on Jan. 21, 2013 during an extreme close encounter.

Jupiter Near the Moon over L.A.: Matt Hartman

Matt Hartman

Photographer Mat Hartman captured this view of Jupiter near the moon over Los Angeles, Calif., as it appeared on Jan. 21, 2013, during an extreme close encounter.

Jupiter and Moon Event Jan. 2013

Jim Talbott

Amateur astronomer Jim Talbott captured this photo of Jupiter near the moon on Jan. 21, 2013 during an extreme close encounter.

Moon and Jupiter Close Encounter

Victor Rogus

Skywatcher Victor Rogus captured this photo of Jupiter near the moon on Jan. 21, 2013 during an extreme close encounter. He wrote the stellar event was, "a beautiful sight on a cloudy, cold night."

Moon and Jupiter Close Encounter: Victor Rogus

Victor Rogus

Skywatcher Victor Rogus captured this photo of Jupiter near the moon on Jan. 21, 2013 during an extreme close encounter.

Jupiter and Moon in Conjunction

Victor Rogus

Skywatcher Victor Rogus captured this photo of Jupiter near the moon on Jan. 21, 2013 during an extreme close encounter.

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Tariq Malik
Tariq Malik
Editor-in-Chief

Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and joined the team in 2001, first as an intern and staff writer, and later as an editor. He covers human spaceflight, exploration and space science, as well as skywatching and entertainment. He became Space.com's Managing Editor in 2009 and Editor-in-Chief in 2019. Before joining Space.com, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering education and city beats in La Habra, Fullerton and Huntington Beach. In October 2022, Tariq received the Harry Kolcum Award for excellence in space reporting from the National Space Club Florida Committee. He is also an Eagle Scout (yes, he has the Space Exploration merit badge) and went to Space Camp four times as a kid and a fifth time as an adult. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University. You can find Tariq at Space.com and as the co-host to the This Week In Space podcast with space historian Rod Pyle on the TWiT network. To see his latest project, you can follow Tariq on Twitter @tariqjmalik.