This morning, three days after the Venus-Saturn conjunction, the brilliant Morning Star Venus is 3.4 degrees to the left of Saturn. Watch the Venus-Saturn gap continue to grow during the next several mornings. Jupiter is about 26 degrees to the upper right of Saturn.
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Brilliant Morning Star Venus shines from the southeast this morning. It passes Saturn in three mornings (February 18). This morning, Venus is 3.4 degrees to the upper right of Saturn. Jupiter is over 23 degrees to the upper right of Venus. Venus passed Jupiter about a month ago.
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The moon passes the morning planets during late February and early March 2019. Step outside at about 1 hour before sunrise. Check your local sunrise time.
Here are the highlights for these mornings:
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Brilliant Morning Star Venus shines from the southeast this morning. Jupiter is over 17 degrees to the upper left of Venus. Saturn, beginning to become easier to see is over 9 degrees to the lower left of Venus.
Venus is rapidly moving toward a conjunction with Saturn on February 18. Watch Venus close the gap and get closer each morning.
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On another wickedly cold morning, the waning crescent moon is 2 degrees from the Morning Star Venus this morning, while Jupiter is 8.5 degrees to the upper right of Venus. Venus passed Jupiter on January 22. It moves farther east and passes Saturn on February 18.
Look through a binocular to see “earthshine” on the moon. Sunlight reflected from Earth gently illuminates the night portion of the moon.
Venus and the moon about 20 minutes before sunrise.
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The moon appears near the planet Saturn on the mornings of February 1 and February 2.
Here are the highlights of the mornings:
February 1: About 45 minutes before sunrise, Saturn, the crescent moon (26.5 days old — past the New phase, 10% illuminated), brilliant Morning Star Venus, and bright Jupiter span nearly 27° in the southeast. Saturn is only 7° up in the southeast. The planets and moon are nearly equally spaced, about 9° apart. Watch Venus continue to separate from Jupiter and close in on Saturn. The Venus – Saturn conjunction occurs on February 18. This morning the gap is 18.5°.
February 2: At 45 minutes before sunrise, the very thin waning crescent moon (27.5 days old, 5% illuminated), 5° up in the southeast, is about 3° to the lower left of Saturn. The Venus – Saturn gap is nearly 167°. The Venus – Jupiter gap continues to grow, over 10° this morning, widening to over 15° on February 12.
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The waning crescent moon, 23.4 days old — past the New phase — and 33% illuminated, enters the photographic frame this morning as it approaches Jupiter and brilliant Morning Star Venus. The moon, overexposed in the image, is over 18 degrees to the upper right of Jupiter. The next few mornings, the moon passes Jupiter and Venus.
Venus passed Jupiter a week ago. This morning Venus is nearly 8 degrees from the Giant Planet. Venus is heading toward a conjunction with Saturn on February 18.
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