Google Doodle celebrates winter solstice and The Great Conjunction with animated graphic

Google doodle celebrated Winter 2020 and The Great Conjunction with an animated graphic on December 21. The Great Conjunction, a visual overlap of Saturn and Jupiter in the night sky, is a rare phenomenon that the world will witness today.

Today's animated Google Doodle is in celebration of the winter solstice and The Great Conjunction. The graphic "celebrates the Northern Hemisphere's first day of winter as well as this rare double planet sighting-or Great Conjunction-which can be viewed from anywhere around the globe," Google Doodle said on its page.

December 21 marks the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the longest night of 2020.

The Great Conjunction is a rare astronomic event that will occur tonight. Saturn and Jupiter, the two largest planets in our solar system, will nearly overlap to form a "double planet," an event that hasn't been visible since the Middle Ages-almost 800 years ago.