See the moon snuggle up to Venus early on Oct. 10

[Admin]

The moon will meet up with the planet Venus for an early morning tryst on Oct. 10. At the same time, the two celestial bodies will be in conjunction.

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[rod]

I enjoyed some very cool mornings yesterday and this morning (4-5C temps) and mostly clear skies. Yesterday morning between 0500-0600 EDT, I used my 90-mm refractor telescope to look at the waning crescent Moon and Venus in Leo, some great views, much earthshine on the Moon with fainter stars in Leo visible about 6-12 arcminutes from the lunar limb. 71x views so Venus about 42% illuminated, distinct phase nearly half-moon shape. This morning, some more enjoyable views of the Moon, Venus, Regulus and other stars in the east, unaided eye observations. Excellent earthshine on the Moon.