The planets Venus and Jupiter will appear close together every evening between tomorrow and March 17, the Astronomic Society said.

The two planets have been getting closer together in the Western sky for the past month From tomorrow to March 17 they will fit in a single field of view through ordinary binoculars, the society said.

"Solidly supported binoculars will also show Jupiter's four Galilean moons as long as they're not too close to the planet, and will reveal Jupiter's tiny disk. One may also be able to make out Venus's disk, which appears slightly more than half as wide as Jupiter's. And if one looks carefully, one might see that Venus is now in its gibbous phase, only 60% lit," the society said.

Jupiter will slowly disappear from the evening sky after this conjunction, becoming difficult to observe by mid-April. But Venus will reach its highest and brightest in April. 

Jupiter and Venus will be paired again in late June and early July, but not as closely. Moreover, the planets will be very difficult to observe, low in twilight before dawn on some of the longest days of the year.

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