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Venus and Jupiter Spectacular Encounter on 5 March 2023

Two solar system planets met at twilight! Venus-Jupiter images appear online daily.

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The astronomy picture of the day from NASA shows a Jupiter-Venus conjunction over Italy.

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NASA's commentary The two biggest planets in the night sky had a conjunction a few days ago.

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Jupiter and Venus were visible globally after dusk. Italy's Cirica was captured. Jupiter faces Venus.

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Jupiter is farther from Earth than Venus, so their perceived proximity in Earth's sky was angular.

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The famous duo can still be seen for an hour after sunset this month, but Jupiter will set sooner each night.

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Venus–Jupiter? Space.com claims Venus and Jupiter won't connect again until February 7, 2032.

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This is what the-sky.org says. According to the forecast, Venus will pass 1°17' north of Uranus.

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They will set 2 hours and 46 minutes after the Sun at 21:23. Binoculars will reveal it.

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