Moon and Venus as one in the dawn

The waning Moon passes less than a degree north of Venus in the morning sky.

The closest moment happened at 11 by Universal Time, about an hour before the time of our picture, when the Moon was lower; it occulted (hid) Venus as seen from Arctic regions.

 

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2 thoughts on “Moon and Venus as one in the dawn”

  1. I was fortunate in having some clearer skies towards dawn this morning, Nov 8-9, and spotted the pair in twilight about 3/4° apart around 06:40 UT (northern UK, so this is also clock time right now). They were still easily visible, and a little closer, around 07:20, but by 08:00 the sky was cloudy, increasingly dull, with rain by about 08:15 for the rest of the morning, so sadly the occultation I might have caught in binoculars an hour or so later passed eclipsed by the clouds.

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