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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Crescent Venus and Moon
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[z]Barbara Harris
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31.10.2006 00:00
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Crescent Venus and Moon
Explanation:
There's something behind these clouds.
Those faint graceful arcs, upon inspection, are actually far, far in the distance.
They are the
Earth's Moon
and the
planet Venus
.
Both the
Moon and Venus
are bright enough to be seen during the day, and both are quite capable of showing a
crescent phase
.
To see Venus, which appears quite small, in a
crescent phase
requires
binoculars
or a telescope.
In the
above dramatic daytime image
taken from
Budapest
,
Hungary
, the
Moon and Venus
shared a similar crescent
phase a few minutes before the
Moon eclipsed
the larger but more distant world.
About an hour later, Venus reappeared.
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