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Related: About this forumWatch the skies: Tonight and Monday
For a beautiful sight of a crescent moon, Venus and Jupiter. 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:
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Watch the skies: Tonight and Monday (Original Post)
LongTomH
Mar 2012
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niyad
(113,527 posts)1. thank you for reminding us.
I saw the spaceweather note on it last night-but it was very late by then.
We've been enjoying Venus and Jupiter this past week in their full glory.
The addition of a cresent moon should be beautiful!
Soylent Brice
(8,308 posts)3. good stuff
tridim
(45,358 posts)4. I'm loving the convergences this year.
I saw the crecent moon briefly last night and the dark part was very visible, so cool. I guess the light was reflected off of the earth?
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)5. That's called "The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms"
It can be an incredibly beautiful sight!
tridim
(45,358 posts)6. It's also apparently called "planetshine"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetshine
The phenomenon known as planetshine occurs when reflected sunlight from a planet illuminates the night side of one of its moons. Typically, this results in the moon's night side being bathed in a soft, faint light. The best known example of planetshine is earthshine, which can be seen from Earth when the Moon is a thin crescent. Planetshine has been observed elsewhere in the solar system: in particular, it has recently been used by the Cassini space probe to image portions of the moons of Saturn even when they are not lit by the Sun.
The phenomenon known as planetshine occurs when reflected sunlight from a planet illuminates the night side of one of its moons. Typically, this results in the moon's night side being bathed in a soft, faint light. The best known example of planetshine is earthshine, which can be seen from Earth when the Moon is a thin crescent. Planetshine has been observed elsewhere in the solar system: in particular, it has recently been used by the Cassini space probe to image portions of the moons of Saturn even when they are not lit by the Sun.
samplegirl
(11,489 posts)7. Having my friend
break out his super powered telescope tomorrow!