A Conjunction of Crescents

A waxing crescent Moon and a waning crescent Venus are stumbled on at reverse corners of this twilight telephoto field of ogle. The shut conjunction of the two brightest celestial beacons in planet Earth’s western evening sky used to be captured on February 1 from Rosario, Argentina. On that date, the slender crescent Moon used to be about 3 days outmoded. However the Moon’s visible sunlit crescent will grow to a shining Fleshy Moon by February 14. Worship the Moon, Venus cycles via phases because it orbits the Solar. And while its visible sunlit crescent narrows, the interior planet’s apparent size increases because it gets nearer to Earth. In a Valentine from the Solar System, Venus, named for the Roman goddess of Fancy, can even reach its peak brightness in planet Earth’s evening skies round February 14.