21 February 2009
Moon Passages
The waning and waxing Moon create beautiful close encounters with the planets in the coming days. In the pre-dawn skies the ever-thinning waning crescent passes near to Mercury, Jupiter and Mars, and a few days later after the new moon, the waxing crescent passes close to the brilliant evening "star" Venus.
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I missed the Feb 21-23 conjunctions due to weather - rats!
The weather in San Francisco has been pretty miserable lately. Such is winter. But when it is clear, the sky sparkles. Keep on looking up!
Thursday evening Feb 26th: surprisingly clear skies tonight. The very thin crescent moon was brilliant, and Venus a beacon. What a sight!
I always miss the good stuff
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