Jupiter and the moon take a sunset stroll tonight. Here's how to see it

Look to the east at sunset tonight (March 26) to see the half-lit form of the waxing gibbous moon shining close to the gas giant Jupiter in the evening sky, as the bright stars of the constellation Gemini twinkle nearby.

The moon will make its closest approach to Jupiter at 9:19 EDT (1319 GMT) on March 26, at which time Jupiter will be lost to sight in the daytime sky. The pair will remain close throughout the evening, however. Viewers in the northern hemisphere will get their best view of the solar system pairing at sunset, when the moon will appear with its right side lit by sunlight high above the southern horizon, less than a day after reaching its first quarter phase.

Jupiter is set to remain a prominent sight in the spring sky until mid-July, when it will become lost in the glow of the setting sun ahead of its solar conjunction on July 29, according to in-the-sky. At that time, Jupiter will be too close to the sun from our perspective on Earth to be visible.