Jupiter and Venus conjunction in the Netherlands

Jupiter and Venus create spectacle view as they appear extremely close, almost touch one another over the Dutch night sky, but they are 600 million km apart. The two planets set to pass each other in what’s known as a conjunction phenomenon. Conjunctions between planets happen frequently as the celestial bodies orbit around the sun while at their closest they are expected to be just half a degree apart which is about the diameter of a full moon. After the moon, Jupiter and Venus are currently the brightest objects in the sky illuminating the European skyscape. Jupiter is seen with it's natural satellites the moons inline Callisto, Ganymede, Europa and Io. Eindhoven, the Netherlands on March 2, 2023