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10/07/2013 – Ephemeris – The moon will appear to pass Venus early tomorrow morning

October 6, 2013

Ephemeris for Monday, October 7th.  The sun will rise at 7:48.  It’ll be up for 11 hours and 23 minutes, setting at 7:11.   The moon, 3 days past new, will set at 8:47 this evening.

The moon will be passing the planet Venus around 7 a.m. tomorrow morning, when they will be below the horizon.  So tonight and tomorrow evenings we will have before and after views of the event.  Tonight the thin crescent moon will be nearly the width of your fist held at arm’s length to the right of Venus.  In binoculars or a telescope only the Sea of Crises is completely uncovered by the moon’s terminator.  If you haven’t checked out Venus lately, do so.  It is now a bit more than half illuminated by the sun.  It’s coming almost directly at the earth now at about 80 million miles away and that distance is decreasing by 650 thousand miles a day.  Don’t worry, it will miss us by 25 million miles in January, passing between the Earth and the Sun.

Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan.  They may be different for your location.

Addendum

Venus and the Moon

Venus and the Moon on Monday October 7, 2013 at 8 p.m. Created using Stellarium.

Venus and the Moon a day later

Venus and the Moon on Tuesday October 8, 2013 at 8 p.m. Created using Stellarium.

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