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In one of my visits to a planetarium, they also proposed -as far as I
remember - the "conjunction" of Venus, Jupiter and Saturn as a
possible explanation for the "Star" of Bethlehem.

I'm wondering whether the special event in the sky could have been in
relation with this "conjunction" and the moon, like e.g. the moon
occulting two or three planets at the same time. I imagine that such
an event is fairly rare and could have been a reason for those dealing
with Astronomy/Astrology for travelling to a distant place where they
could see it.

After what I learned here, this should be possible to verify for the
location. If I understood it correct, the inaccuracy of +/- 2 degrees
seems only to refer to the local hour angle "Tau" and not to the
declination, i.e. that the calculated declinations would actually be
fairly exact.

Marcel

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