Venus and Jupiter will be in conjunction on March 15th, 2012,
passing within 3° of each other. The two planets have been getting closer and
closer in the sky for the last month, and now it’s time to see them
side-by-side. Venus is the higher, brighter object, and Jupiter is the lower
dimmer one. Venus and Jupiter aren’t actually close to one
another in the sky. They’re really separated by millions of kilometres. But
from our perspective here on Earth, we see the two objects closely lined up.
That’s a conjunction.
On March 15th, 2012 at 10:37 UTC, Venus and Jupiter reach 3°
distance from one another. That’s approximately 6 times the width of the full
Moon.
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