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
- 09 Mar 2026 (5 days away): The Wishing Well cluster is well placed
- 08 Mar 2026 (4 days away): Conjunction of Venus and Saturn
- 07 Mar 2026 (3 days away): Conjunction of Venus and Neptune
- 07 Mar 2026 (3 days away): Mercury at inferior solar conjunction
- 06 Mar 2026 (2 days away): Conjunction of Ceres and Eris
- 06 Mar 2026 (Tomorrow): The Moon at aphelion
- 03 Mar 2026 (Today): The Theta Carinae cluster is well placed
- 03 Mar 2026 (23 hours ago): Full Moon
- 03 Mar 2026 (23 hours ago): Total lunar eclipse
- 02 Mar 2026 (2 days ago): Lunar occultation of Regulus

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