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The crescent moon will slide between Jupiter and Venus, shortly after sunset. Here's more from Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy website:
Over the next couple of nights, especially Sunday and Monday (March 25 and 26), a very thin crescent Moon will move in between the incredibly bright beacons of Venus and Jupiter in the west right after sunset.
Heres a map of what itll look like on March 25 around 9:00 p.m. local time:
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)They have been highly visible here in Alaska for weeks now. I hope to get out to see this tonight.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)That will obviously be easy to spot, but this is a good excuse to crank up an augmented reality astronomy app on my new iPad and do some searching.
ChazInAz
(2,572 posts)this show develop for the past month! With Arizona's clear skies, it's fun to take out my two telescopes at night to watch the slow-motion performance. I suspect the neighbors are getting tired of hearing cries from my back yard of: "Oh, I say, well-orbited Mars! Capital display, Ganymede!"
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)We have a great view of the planets in the west and now we will know to poke out heads out at 9..