Photos from EarthSky friends around the world of last night's meeting between Venus and the moon. Thanks to all who submitted or posted to our Facebook page! Miss them? Try again Monday evening.
With the long-running Delta Aquariid meteor shower already in progress, and the moon in a crescent phase - and gone from the sky nearly all night - we're beginning to receive meteor photos.
People watching the moon and Venus yesterday evening, at Pismo State Beach, California. Ashly Cullumber, who captured this image, spoke of a "gorgeous night …"
Last chance to see these 2 very bright objects relatively close. After Monday evening, the moon - pursuing its easterly orbit around Earth - will be waxing larger and shifting away from Venus.
