For the last week we've been treated by Jupiter, Venus, and the crescent Moon in the evening sky.  The closest approach of Jupiter to Venus for us in the Washington DC area is on the evening of Wednesday March 1 with the planets next to each other and level to the western horizon, separated by only 1/2 degree apart (about the diameter of the Moon). By the evening of March 2, Jupiter will be closer to the horizon than Venus, with a separation from Venus on not quite 1 degree. Below are photos from Kamana Mathur and Jeff Kretsch, and the planet motions through conjunction in early March from the planetarium software Stellarium.