5.3 days old
28.5 percent lit
The tight triangle (click here) of the crescent moon and bright planets Venus and Jupiter likely turned some heads last night....before clouds obscured the view.
Tonight will have the two planets closer to one another but the waxing moon will appear well above the planetary pair.
The two planets, Venus and
Jupiter are heading toward a very close approach to one another when on
June 30 they will appear only about 1/3 of a degree apart....or less
than one apparent moon diameter.
