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The sky is very clear this evening. The crescent moon, overexposed in the image, shows Earthshine. Sunlight reflected from Earth falls on the night portion of the moon and gently illuminates it. Brilliant Venus is just above the southwest horizon. In about 10 days, Venus begins its cycle of greatest brightness. Jupiter appears over 17 degrees to the upper left of Venus. Jupiter gets closer to Venus during the month, but there is no conjunction.