I'm not sure what you are seeing this evening. Venus is about 40 degrees ahead of the Moon. At this moment, 8:45 PM in northern California, Venus is about to set, while the Moon is still high in the western sky. Saturn will be rising very shortly, but is nowhere CLOSE to the Moon. No other planets are visible this evening.
There are two relatively bright stars fairly close to the Moon; Hamal and Sheratan. Perhaps you are seeing one of those.
The distance from the Moon to the Earth is quite insignificant, compared to the distance to the planets. The distance from the Moon to a planet is basically the same as the distance from the Earth to such a planet. The planet that can come closest to Earth is Venus; but at any given time, Mercury or Mars can get closer to Earth, depending where each planet is in its orbit.
This is one of those questions where I would like to ask what exactly the question means. Perhaps it means "looks most like a full Moon".
In that case the answer is the planet Mercury. That looks like the Moon.
Venus is very near the crescent Moon this evening. Jupiter and Mercury are close together, but very close to the Sun at sunset.
Jupiter. Beautiful, wasn't it? Did you miss it? Check out the link below!
There are two planets very close to each other; Jupiter and Venus. Check the link to spaceweather.com.
Earth, is always closest to the Moon
what is the second closest planet from the moon
A moon, by definition, is not a planet. The closest planet to our sun is Mercury, followed by Venus and the Earth, then Mars.
The closest planet to the Earth's moon is the Earth.
if i remember correctly, Pluto was the closest planet to the size of earths moon, but now cause Pluto is so small, it has now been classified as just rock, and not as a planet anymoreMercury
Earth!
what is the second closest planet from the moon
Earth is the closest planet to the moon and Venus follows as the second closest planet to the moon
No. Earth is technically the closest planet to the moon. Mars is the closest planet to a moon, with Phobos being only 9.4Mm away from Mars. Earth's moon is an average distance of 370Mm from Earth.
No. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. The moon is not a planet and is the closest object in space to Earth.
Earth is the closest planet the moon, as it is our planet's moon and orbits Earth.
A moon, by definition, is not a planet. The closest planet to our sun is Mercury, followed by Venus and the Earth, then Mars.
THE MOON ISN'T A PLANET IT'S A MOON The closest planet to the Sun is Mercury.
The closest planet to the Earth's moon is the Earth.
if i remember correctly, Pluto was the closest planet to the size of earths moon, but now cause Pluto is so small, it has now been classified as just rock, and not as a planet anymoreMercury
The Earth.
There is no such planet known. In our solar system, the planet whose moon is closest in size to the planet which it orbits is none other than our own planet Earth. However, the Moon is still much smaller than the Earth. Pluto has a Moon that's big, but Pluto isn't a "planet" now, of course.
There is no such planet known. In our solar system, the planet whose moon is closest in size to the planet which it orbits is none other than our own planet Earth. However, the Moon is still much smaller than the Earth. Pluto has a Moon that's big, but Pluto isn't a "planet" now, of course.