[slumber1]

Not all that uncommon:

Called a conjunction, this celestial convergence is more common than you might think.
They appeared slightly closer together before dawn on August 18, 2014, and they'll be separated by about 1 degree before dawn on the morning of October 26th. During a remarkable conjunction on May 17, 2000, Venus and Jupiter were just 0.01 degrees apart - but too near the sun to be seen. Next year, on August 27th, they'll dazzle again during an evening conjunction with a separation of just 0.1 degrees.

[American Constitutionalist]

But it’s been roughly 2000 years since one was high in the western sky near the Star Regulus.

[Mom MD]

I saw the conjunction. It was nowhere near visible during the day as was the star of Bethlehem. Nice hype but while pretty, it was nowhere near as impressive as the marker for Christs birth.