Mercury is 7 degrees to Jupiter's lower right. Saturn is about 22 degrees to Venus' upper left. Sunday, February 28 Low in WSW to W at dusk, Jupiter and Mercury are 5 and 11 degrees to lower right of brilliant Venus. This is as close as Mercury gets to Venus during this evening apparition, but on March 5 Mercury-Jupiter will be only 4 degrees apart. At dusk in eastern U.S. tonight, Regulus appears about 4 degrees to lower left of the nearly Full Moon.
Narrowest miss occurs in southern California.
Use binoculars or a telescope to see the 1.4-mag. star in the Moon's bright glare.