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Credit & Copyright: Drew Sullivan
(Ancient Starlight)
Explanation:
Last Friday, the Moon and Venus shared the early
evening sky in a beautiful conjunction.
Separated by only
about 2 degrees, they also were both in a crescent
phase.
Just like our Moon,
Venus
can appear as a full disk or a
thin crescent.
Frequently the brightest object in the post-sunset or pre-sunrise sky,
Venus is so small that it usually requires
binoculars or a
small telescope to clearly see its phase.
This
telescopic
image of Friday's conjunction shows off the
similar crescent phases, with the tiny
crescent Venus at the upper right.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Moon - Venus - conjunction
Publications with words: Moon - Venus - conjunction
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- APOD: 2026 April 15 Á The ISS Transits the Moon
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- The Bay of Rainbows
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