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Credit & Copyright: Stan Richard
Explanation:
On April 23rd, the Moon along with planets Saturn, Mars, and Venus
(and planet Earth of course ...)
were all visible
in the west at twilight,
captured here
from a site near Saylorvillle Lake north of Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
Putting your cursor
over the image will label our fellow
solar system wanderers
and also reveal the approximate trajectory of the
ecliptic plane - defined
by Earth's orbit around the Sun - angling
above the western horizon.
After sunset tonight, the western sky will present a
similar arrangement of planets, although the Moon will
have moved east out of the picture,
passing bright Jupiter along the ecliptic and heading for
May
4th's total lunar eclipse.
May
could also be a good month
for comets.
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Publications with keywords: sky - Venus - Mars - Saturn - Moon - ecliptic
Publications with words: sky - Venus - Mars - Saturn - Moon - ecliptic
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