It is worth staying up for this pleasing view of the moon as it encounters Jupiter and the brightest stars of Gemini, the twins. The chart shows the view looking east from London at 00:30 BST in the very early morning of 14 October.
Gemini will have risen a little earlier and will now be visible until the dawn. So early risers, as well as night owls, will catch this conjunction. The two brightest stars of Gemini are Castor and Pollux, the twin half-brothers of Greek and Roman mythology.
