In a brilliant cosmic display, a thin waxing crescent moon, Venus and Mars aligned for the first time in seven years on Feb. 20, 2015.

The spectacle is known as ""— two celestial bodies in our solar system align, enabling observers to see them in the same line of sight, says EarthSky.org.

Mars was the quieter of the three components, only appearing as a dull disk, Astronomy.com reported. at 88 percent illumination, which Astronomy.com says was a little more than 100 times brighter than Mars.

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Earthsky offered an interesting perspective of their own on the event. If you were to view the conjunction from Mars, they noted, Venus and Earth would align in the Martian morning sky, compared to our evening sky.

2015 will be one for the astronomy books. Fred Schaaf, contributing editor of Sky & Telescope, calls it, "." Venus and Mercury aligned earlier in January, Sky & Telescope reported.

Thelastoccurrence of this eventwas on Sept. 11, 2008, according to EarthSky, and its next showcase will be Oct. 5, 2017.

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