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Venus and the Crescent Moon

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Venus and a thin waxing crescent photographed during evening blue hour. The apparent proximity is a line-of-sight alignment from the observer’s perspective, not an intersection of their orbits.

Venus and the Crescent Moon
Venus and the Crescent Moon

Venus and the waxing crescent moon

Photographed on Nov 5, 2024
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