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When looking at the sky, Venus is always east before sunrise and west after sunset. While Venus and the crescent moon will be closest on December 4, they will still catch your eye on the evenings ...
The Moon will reach its highest in the sky about 2 hours later (at 9.11pm) with Pollux above the Moon. Pollux will be 5 degrees to the right of the Moon as the pair sets on the northwestern ...
Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will line up in the sky this week and could stay visible to the naked eye for a number of weeks. Skygazers will be treated to the sight from Wednesday all the way ...
Starlight overcast moonless night sky [1] 140 microlux: Venus at brightest [1] 200 microlux: Starlight clear moonless night sky excluding airglow [1] 10 −3: 1 millilux: 2 millilux: Starlight clear moonless night sky including airglow [1] 10 −2: 1 centilux: 1 centilux: Quarter Moon 10 −1: 1 decilux: 2.5 decilux: Full Moon on a clear night ...
Visual conjunction between the Moon and the planet Venus, the two brightest objects in the night sky. In astronomy, a conjunction occurs when two astronomical objects or spacecraft appear to be close to each other in the sky. This means they have either the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude, usually as observed from Earth. [1] [2]
Time UTC Planet Angle distance Planet Elongation to Sun January 4, 2005 07:04:06 Venus 7°27' south of Pluto 20.8° West January 5, 2005 00:58:49 Mercury 6°59' south of Pluto 21.6° West January 14, 2005 00:40:51 Mercury 21' south of Venus 18.5° West January 29, 2005 07:05:35 Mars 8°15' south of Pluto 45,5° West February 8, 2005 01:29:22
Okay, getting into where and when, exactly, you can view the planetary parade from your part of the world, Star Walk recommends the Sky Tonight app. But they also note that Aug. 28 is a “general ...
Venus is brightest when approximately 25% of its disk is illuminated; this typically occurs 37 days both before (in the evening sky) and after (in the morning sky) its inferior conjunction. Its greatest elongations occur approximately 70 days before and after inferior conjunction, at which time it is half full; between these two intervals Venus ...