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Credit & Copyright: Stan Honda
Explanation:
A slender crescent Moon and inner
planets
Venus and Mercury never
wander far from the Sun
in planet Earth's skies.
In the fading evening twilight of March 18, they line up near the western
horizon in this atmospheric skyscape.
While the celestial scene was enjoyed around the world,
this photo captures the trio, with fainter Mercury at the far right,
above the crags of Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas.
Tonight the Moon will be
full though, and rise opposite the Sun.
Look for it
high in the sky at midnight, near bright star Spica.
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& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Moon - Mercury - Venus
Publications with words: Moon - Mercury - Venus
See also:
- APOD: 2025 June 20 B Major Lunar Standstill 2024 2025
- APOD: 2025 June 18 B Space Station Silhouette on the Moon
- APOD: 2025 May 11 B The Surface of Venus from Venera 14
- MESSENGER s Last Day on Mercury
- APOD: 2025 April 22 B Terminator Moon: A Moonscape of Shadows
- Moon Near the Edge
- The ISS Meets Venus