Moon and Venus to make spectacularly close approach in evening sky

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The moon and Venus are expected to make a close approach on Wednesday. 

Weather permitting, the appulse will be visible from New York between 7:52 a.m. EST and 7:59 p.m. EST, according to In-the-Sky.org.

An appulse – an angular coincidence – is similar to a conjunction. 

An appulse refers generally to when two celestial objects appear close together, according to NASA.

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An airplane, center, is seen between the moon and Venus in Santiago, Chile, on Dec. 6, 2021.  (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)

Appulses involving the moon typically occur several times a year.

Simultaneously, the moon and Venus will reach conjunction, according to Space.com.

A trio of bright lights, Venus, a crescent moon and Jupiter align as they rise in the pre-dawn sky over New York City on Jan. 31, 2019, as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey.  (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

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A conjunction is a celestial event in which two planets, a planet and the moon or a planet and a star appear close together in Earth's night sky. 

The crescent of the waxing moon can be seen together with Venus in the evening sky above a pine forest east of Berlin.  (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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Conjunctions have no profound astronomical significance, but they are nice to view.