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Venus–Saturn Conjunction
Venus and Saturn appear about 0.9° apart in Pisces.
Your local time
8 Mar 2026, 17:42
Universal time
8 Mar 2026, 12:12 UTC
Time since
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Partially visible from New Delhi, IndiaNaked EyeVisible worldwide where sky conditions allow
Venus and Saturn pass close together on the sky, separated by roughly 0.9 degrees at closest approach. They are not physically near each other — this is a line-of-sight alignment — but the pairing is striking to the unaided eye and easily fits in a single binocular field.
Observation details
- Visibility
- Partially visible
- Best viewing time
- 8 Mar 2026, 19:42
- Direction to look
- WSW · azimuth 256°
- Altitude at peak
- 22.9°
- Equipment
- Naked Eye
- Minimum separation
- 0.91°
- Constellation
- Pisces
At the exact peak the sky is still bright, but the object is -3° high in darkness nearby.
New Delhi, India
28.6139°, 77.2090° · default location
Photography & observing tips
- •Both objects fit comfortably in a single binocular field, and often in a telescope's low-power field.
- •Wide-angle shots that include foreground landscape make the pairing far more striking.
- •Twilight conjunctions photograph beautifully — expose for the sky, not the planets.
Other conjunction events
The nearest occurrences before and after this one.