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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, the moon and Venus](https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/02/1200/675/Sky.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
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.
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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.
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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.