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Credit & Copyright: Benjamim Ribeiro
Explanation:
Now appearing as planet Earth's evening star, brilliant
Venus shines
in western skies at twilight.
Standing above a rugged horizon and warm sunset colors, the
twilight's celestial beacon was joined last Saturday by a
Moon 35 hours young in
this gorgeous skyscape.
The close pairing of
Venus and Moon is known as a conjunction.
Not visible in the frame, fleeting planet Mercury has fallen
from evening skies,
sinking deeper into the sunset glow below
the young crescent Moon.
The scene was captured while trekking in northern Portugal's
Peneda-Geres National Park.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Moon - Venus - conjunction
Publications with words: Moon - Venus - conjunction
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- APOD: 2026 August 25 Á Earths Shadow Visualized with Lunar Eclipses
- APOD: 2026 May 11 Á Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano
- APOD: 2026 May 9 Á Messier Craters in Stereo
- APOD: 2026 April 15 Á The ISS Transits the Moon
- APOD: 2026 April 11 Á Artemis II: Flight Day 6
- The Bay of Rainbows
- Earthset from Orion