Starwatch: A Venus-spotting challenge with a beautiful reward
The bright planet and the young crescent moon will make an attractive pairing on Monday evening This week’s Starwatch is a challenge but a beautiful reward awaits for anyone who succeeds.
The question is: how early in the evening can we find Venus? On Monday, the bright planet has a close encounter with a young crescent moon.
The moon will be just over three days old with about 14% of its visible surface illuminated.
Unfortunately for UK observers, the two make their closest approach during daylight, passing within a moon’s width of one another around lunchtime.
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