Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star

NASA ^ | December 10, 2015 | (see photo credit)

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Explanation: Venus now appears as Earth's brilliant morning star, standing in a line-up of planets above the southeastern horizon before dawn. For most, the silvery celestial beacon rose predawn in a close pairing with an old crescent Moon on Monday, December 7. But also widely seen from locations in North and Central America, the lunar crescent actually occulted or passed in front of Venus during Monday's daylight hours. This time series follows the daytime approach of Moon and morning star in clear blue skies from Phoenix, Arizona. The progression of nine sharp telescopic snapshots, made between 9:30am and 9:35am local time, runs from lower left to upper right, when Venus winked out behind the bright lunar limb.

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[Credit and Copyright: Phillip A Cruden]

[ecomcon]

Don’t let the muslims see that.

[17th Miss Regt]

It ate Venus!

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Shocking Blue -- Venus (Official Video)

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And thanks Jeremiah Jr. for this nicer version:

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The Big One

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[ETL]

Lol! I thought at first that this composite image showed Venus in FRONT of the Moon! (above the dark portion)

[BenLurkin]

That is excellent!

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Thanks, SC!

[TheOldLady]

That’s really beautiful.

Thank you for the post and ping, Mr. Civilizations.

[GATOR NAVY]

We had a very nice view up here in AK, clear skies and it was still dark. I was able to catch Venus reappearing by sheer luck since I hadn’t read anything about an occult but I was looking up at the moon at the right time.