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Moon and Venus over Corona Del Mar Beach
Explanation: The crescent Moon passed nearly in front of Venus two weeks ago. The close conjunction of the night sky 's two brightest objects created a striking pose for many viewing the evening sky just after sunset. Such a pose, shown above, was captured between clouds over Corona Del Mar Beach in California , USA . To be precise, the Moon appeared to pass only about three degrees from Venus on February 23. A similar conjunction will occur later this month, on March 24, when Venus appears near its furthest from the Sun while the Moon passes only about 2 degrees away.
| Date | March 8, 2004 |
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| Credit | Credit & Copyright: Wally Pacholka (Astropics) |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |