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The moon and Mars will have their closest approach, called an appulse, and a conjunction on May 24. The best time to observe the duo is either tonight or Wednesday night, before roughly midnight or 1 a.m. At the time of appulse and conjunction, the moon will be five days old, so it'll be a waxing crescent. Mars will be located just 3 degrees and 39 minutes away from the moon at their closest approach.
The first quarter moon will be visible in the night sky tonight, appearing half-lit, and Mars will be visible just to the right of the moon, as the two celestial bodies will be making a close approach known as an appulse. Both Mars and the moon will be in the Gemini constellation on Tuesday evening. The Red Planet and the moon will be separated by just 2 degrees and both will set to the west just after 2 a.m. EDT on March 29.
The moon and Jupiter will have a conjunction and appulse tonight, March 22, with the one-day-old new moon passing just to the south of Jupiter in the sky. The event will be observable until around 8:21 p.m. EDT, when the moon and Jupiter set. Both objects will be located in the constellation of Pisces. The moon will have a magnitude of -8.3 while Jupiter's will be -2.0. The two celestial objects will be visible together with a pair of binoculars.