... Credit Copyright: Fefo Bouvier Explanation: In this engaging scene from planet Earth , the Moon shines through cloudy skies following sunset on the evening of September 8. ... As the the second image was made with a telephoto setting, the digital merger captures both Earth and sky, exaggerating the young Moon's slender crescent shape in relation to the two nearby bright stars. ... Closest to the Moon is Earth's evening star, planet Venus , emerging from a lunar occultation . ... September . ...