Don't Miss the Moon's Encounter with Jupiter and Mercury in the Night Sky

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.