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Look out for the Moon tonight with Jupiter and following each night till Sunday ~ Mars lies close to a Moon on the early evening of Sunday 9th February at 6pm.
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If you are at very north of Scotland, Orkney or Shetland, The Moon will pass in front of Mars.