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November 8 and 9 mornings: Moon near Venus
« on: November 09, 2023, 11:27:06 am »
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On the mornings of November 8 and 9, 2023, the waning crescent moon will float near the dazzlingly bright planet Venus. The pair will be especially close on the morning of November 9, making a captivating pair. They’ll be about 1 degree apart in darkness – the width of 2 full moons side-by-side – and a daytime occultation is visible from north Canada, most of Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, west Russia, most of Europe, parts of north Africa, and most of the Middle East. It’ll also be a good day to try and find Venus in the daytime.