A crescent moon shines in the morning sky with Venus. Castor and Pollux, the Gemini Twins, are nearby.
by Jeffrey L. Hunt
Brilliant morning star Venus and the crescent moon shine from the eastern sky this morning. The moon is only 9% illuminated.
The moon is about 12° to the lower left of the brilliant planet.
Venus and the moon are in front of the stars of Gemini. The moon is 6.6° to the right of Pollux. Venus is 1.2° to the lower left of Nu Geminorum (η Gem on the photo).
This evening, locate Jupiter and Saturn in the southeastern sky after sunset.
The first sightings of Sirius by the unaided eye occur are occurring this morning about 45 minutes before sunrise.
Here is a daily summary about the planets during August.
2021, February 11: Daytime Proximate Venus-Jupiter Conjunction
On February 11, 2021: Venus passes Jupiter during the daytime in a spectacular proximate conjunction.
2021, January 29: Moon Blocks Star
January 29, 2021: The moon blocks the star Eta Leonis from parts of the Western Hemisphere during the early evening.
2021, January 26: Evening Planet, Mars
January 26, 2021: Visible high in the south after sunset, Mars is in Aries heading for an early March conjunction with the Pleiades star cluster.
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