A close-up picture of Venus against a black sky. A short exposure time has been used to ensure you can see that Venus is a crescent, as it’s currently between Earth and the Sun, so only lit along one edge, like the Moon.

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   Mark McCaughrean (markmccaughrean@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 04:01:20 JST Mark McCaughrean

   A very pretty conjunction between the Moon & Venus in clear cold skies this evening 🙂

   There was some excellent earthshine to be seen, sunlight reflected off the Atlantic lighting up the otherwise dark part of the Moon 🌒

   And it was easy to see that Venus was a crescent, with sunlight striking it in pretty much the same as it was hitting the Moon 🌙

   Wide-field: iPhone 📱
   Close-ups: DSLR + 200m lens 📷

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