On solstice day December 21, the day of their Great Conjunction, Jupiter and Saturn seemed to nearly merge . This is the closest conjunction in 400 years. This image was taken on December 21st at 3:15 PM UT. On this image two planets were separated on the sky by only 7 arcminutes, which is about 1/5 the apparent diameter of the Moon. (see mouseover). Unfortunately the weather was not favorable and the planets are seen through a thin layer of clouds.