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For the third time in the year, Venus will be the foundation for a planetary alignment, as it shines with Jupiter and the crescent moon before sunrise on Tuesday, Aug. 19.
Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter: 2319 Triple conjunction Mars-Saturn. 2327 June 4 At 00:45 UTC, Venus will occult Mars. [42] 2335 October 8 At 14:44 UTC, Venus will occult Jupiter. [42] 2351 April 7 At 17:15 UTC, Mercury will occult Uranus. [42] 2360 December 13 Transit of Venus 2368 December 10 Transit of Venus. 2377 January 14
The next time a mutual planetary transit or occultation will happen (as seen from Earth) will be on 22 November 2065 at about 12:43 UTC, when Venus near superior conjunction (with an angular diameter of 10.6") will transit in front of Jupiter (with an angular diameter of 30.9"); however, this will take place only 8° west of the Sun, and will therefore not be visible to the unaided/unprotected ...
Look up to the sky Wednesday morning and you'll see what astronomers call a planetary conjunction as Jupiter and Mars appear to be close together.
If Mars is in conjunction with the Sun, there is often a triple conjunction between Mars and Mercury or between Mars and Venus. In the events in which Mercury is involved, the second conjunction is invisible because of small elongation from Sun; both other events are difficult to see because of the nearness to horizon and the relatively low brightness of Mars, which is there always near its ...
The closest in the past 1,000 years was in 1761, when Mars and Jupiter appeared to the naked eye as a single bright object, according to Giorgini. Looking ahead, the year 2348 will be almost as close.
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A triple conjunction between Mars and Jupiter occurred. At the first conjunction on May 26, 929, Mars, whose brightness was −1.8 mag, stood 3.1 degrees south of Jupiter with a brightness of −2.6 mag. The second conjunction took place on July 4, 929, whereby Mars stood 5.7 degrees south of Jupiter. Both planets were −2.8 mag bright.