Ongoing celestial show

Depending on where you are and how clear the sky is right now, if you look west/southwest, you'll see a crescent moon and two bright dots, one below and one to the right. That's the moon, Venus and Jupiter, and you won't see it again that way until 2052.

Sorry for those with cloud cover. Midwest and, right now, Florida, you can see it really well. Pretty spectacular.

Carry on.

 

Saw two really bright stars next to the moon last night, even with all the fog we had on the coast. Couldn't figure out what they were, but that sounds about right. Very cool.

 

It was awesome, cause it looked like a smiley face Got lots of pictures.

 

And it's only through tonight, I've read. Moon moves away in relation after this...so a pretty cool deal.

 

I saw that last night. I'll try to get a picture of it tonight. Pretty cool.

 

Wow, looked up tonight and it's inverted from what it was last night, looks like a frowney face tonight

 

I'll try to look for it when I go out for dinner in a couple hours. I'll keep my fingers crossed I can see it.

 

I saw this Saturday night but for some reason no moon. But you could see the others really well. It's been pretty cloudy here all day today so I doubt I'll be able to see it.

 

Yeah, the three of them together is the unusual aspect tonight. And the fact it's a crescent moon means the moon's brightness doesn't take away from the planets. That's what makes the total effect so cool.

We saw the shuttle take off a couple of weeks ago from way down here in South Florida, a couple of hundred miles away (you can see night launches) so a pretty good couple of weeks for celestial effects.

 

Thanks for pointing that out. Could see it perfectly here in southern Alberta.

 

It looks really cool here in Texas.

I noticed the planets a couple of days ago and wondered what they were. The sun had barely gone down, yet I could see two "stars" and wondered why they were so bright. Obviously, it was the planets I was seeing.