See it! Moon sweeps past evening planets

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JV Noriega caught Venus and the crescent moon on December 1, setting over the West Philippine Sea.

OMlady O in Switzerland caught the moon and Venus on December 1.

Jean Marie Andre Deleporte caught the moon and Venus from Normandy, France on December 1.

The moon’s position relative to the planets Venus and Mars over the next several days, as viewed from North America. From the world’s Eastern Hemisphere, the moon will be offset toward the previous date. From the Southern Hemisphere, the view will be much the same, with the planets slanting up toward the right from the sunset. Read more at EarthSky’s planet guide.

See the bright twilight? It means this photo is aimed very low in the western sky after sunset. Padraic Koen of PK Imaging took this photo of the waxing crescent moon and planet Mercury after sunset December 1 from the top of Mount Lofty outside of Adelaide, South Australia. It’s not Venus you’re seeing in this photo, but Mercury. Look for Mercury to the upper left of the moon, just beneath the cloud.

Here’s a wider view of the west after sunset from Padraic Koen of PK Imaging in Australia. It’s from December 1, 2016. Now you can see Venus (brightest starlike object in photo) and Mars (upper right).

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JV Noriega caught Venus and the crescent moon on December 1, setting over the West Philippine Sea.

OMlady O in Switzerland caught the moon and Venus on December 1.

Jean Marie Andre Deleporte caught the moon and Venus from Normandy, France on December 1.

The moon’s position relative to the planets Venus and Mars over the next several days, as viewed from North America. From the world’s Eastern Hemisphere, the moon will be offset toward the previous date. From the Southern Hemisphere, the view will be much the same, with the planets slanting up toward the right from the sunset. Read more at EarthSky’s planet guide.

See the bright twilight? It means this photo is aimed very low in the western sky after sunset. Padraic Koen of PK Imaging took this photo of the waxing crescent moon and planet Mercury after sunset December 1 from the top of Mount Lofty outside of Adelaide, South Australia. It’s not Venus you’re seeing in this photo, but Mercury. Look for Mercury to the upper left of the moon, just beneath the cloud.

Here’s a wider view of the west after sunset from Padraic Koen of PK Imaging in Australia. It’s from December 1, 2016. Now you can see Venus (brightest starlike object in photo) and Mars (upper right).

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