If the clouds part enough, look for Venus and Jupiter in the evening sky right after sunset. They will be separated only by a little over half a degree (0.53 degrees) which is roughly the apparent with of the moon. They will not be this close again until 2032. This Space.com website has additional details.
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Astronomy News visible from latitude 34.06°N
- 17 Nov 2024 (Tomorrow): The Pleiades cluster is well placed
- 17 Nov 2024 (20 hours away): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri
- 17 Nov 2024 (14 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
- 17 Nov 2024 (13 hours away): Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter
- 17 Nov 2024 (Tomorrow): Leonid meteor shower 2024
- 17 Nov 2024 (2 hours away): Uranus at opposition
- 16 Nov 2024 (14 hours ago): Mercury at greatest elongation east
- 16 Nov 2024 (16 hours ago): Close approach of the Moon and M45
- 15 Nov 2024 (Yesterday): Full Moon
- 15 Nov 2024 (Yesterday): Saturn ends retrograde motion
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