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Venus had a very close conjunction with the moon on March 26, 2012. The
image below was captured at around 2:38 PM EDT from my driveway in Erie,
Pennsylvania. Venus is slightly east of the 3.8-day-old moon, and is about
4 moon diameters (~0.5°) away, so it is just a little more than 2° away!
Ata brightness magnitude of -4.3, Venus was easily seen in the clear daytime
sky. Jupiter, farther west, was also easy to spot in my 8x40 binoculars,
but I never could see its magnitude -2.1 dot with the naked eye.
Venus - Moon Conjunction - March 26,
2012
Posted April 5, 2012
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