2021, May 12: Spectacular Venus-Moon Grouping
When the Curves Line Up
English - May 05, 2021 16:05 - 6 minutes - 2.11 MBAstronomy Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
May 12, 2021: Evening Star Venus and the crescent moon make a spectacular grouping after sunset. Thirty minutes after sunset, the razor-thin moon is 1.2° to the left of brilliant Venus. This is the closest grouping of the moon and Venus during this evening appearance of the brilliant planet. Mercury is 9.1° to the upper left of Venus. Mars maintains its eastward march in Gemini. Sirius and Aldebaran are near their heliacal settings, their final appearances in the evening sky for the year.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://whenthecurveslineup.com/2021/05/05/2021-may-12-spectacular-venus-moon-grouping/
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