Good morning y'all!
This morning I got up early to take a pretty good predawn shot of the moon with bright Venus in the early morning sky. The bright star Spica, with Luna and Venus formed a interesting wedge-shaped triangle in the pre-dawn light.
Thankfully the sky was clear of the day's previous overcast and foggy morning conditions so I was able to get a wonderful shot with the trees and the power lines in the foreground for scale.
Bright little Spica is easy to spot close to the two brightest points in our night sky.
Also if y'all look at Venus through a telescope, then you might be able to see that it is in a waxing crescent, rather than a full sphere you see with the naked eye. Luna is waning, and the phase of the Waning Crescent Moon and
waxing crescent Venus are almost identical. Both worlds are now showing
us disks that are about one-quarter -- 25 percent -- illuminated by
sunshine.
Both the moon and Venus will lower in the east this month, the moon in a few days passing Mercury -- which is low in the east and can't easily be spotted because of the glare of the rising sun -- till it reaches the New Moon phase where it will disappear from view (Friday, December 7th). It takes longer for Venus to set in the east because of the planetary rotation, so it will remain one of the brightest points in the eastern pre-dawn sky for most of the rest of this month.
Well folks, until next time have a wonderful Dixie Day and keep looking to the night skies, y'all!
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