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What?
The moon happens in the afternoon, too.
The picture above also contains Venus to the left of the moon.
January 19, 2020
By Hanneke Weitering
The waning crescent moon (click here) will form a triangle with the Red Planet and the bright star Antares in the morning sky on Monday (Jan. 20), and you can catch the trio in the morning sky before dawn.
Mars will be in conjunction with the moon — meaning they share the same celestial longitude — at 2:12 p.m. EST (1912 GMT), but they will be invisible in daylight for skywatchers across the U.S. at that time. However, the pair will be observable for a few hours before sunrise....
