Yes. Gorgeous, isn't she?
Venus is near the moon.
You are seeing the planet Venus near the crescent moon around February 28 or March 1 2009. You know it's Venus, because it is the 3rd brightest object in the sky, after the Sun and Moon itself.
Its venus. It looks like the bright dot under a question mark near the moon.
At different times the various planets look to be near the moon. So sometimes when you see something very bright near the moon, it is a planet. The four main planets that look bright are Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, so when you see something near the moon, it is one of those four. You can use lots of different websites which will tell you what is in the sky at the moment and what looks to be near the moon. One of those websites is in the link below.
Venus is very near the Moon yesterday and today. From Asia, it would have appeared exceptionally close last night.
Venus is near the moon.
That's Venus.
You are seeing the planet Venus near the crescent moon around February 28 or March 1 2009. You know it's Venus, because it is the 3rd brightest object in the sky, after the Sun and Moon itself.
No, there are no moon near Venus. No moons orbit Venus. The nearest moon to Venus is Earth's moon. :)
Its venus. It looks like the bright dot under a question mark near the moon.
At different times the various planets look to be near the moon. So sometimes when you see something very bright near the moon, it is a planet. The four main planets that look bright are Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, so when you see something near the moon, it is one of those four. You can use lots of different websites which will tell you what is in the sky at the moment and what looks to be near the moon. One of those websites is in the link below.
Venus is very near the Moon yesterday and today. From Asia, it would have appeared exceptionally close last night.
the moon orbits around the earth constantly. The earth is always closest. _____________________ The last few evenings, Venus has been that extra-bright planet in the sky right next to the Moon.
Mars to the right of the moon at the begining of the month & Venus to the left of the moon at the end of January 2009.
Earth
That varies on a week-to-week basis. Because neither the other planets nor the Moon are far from the ecliptic (the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun), the Moon will often appear near one or another of the planets in the sky. Most people don't notice Mercury or Saturn; they are pretty small, and not all that bright. (Especially in our modern light-polluted skies.) But it isn't at all unusual to see the Moon next to Venus, or the Moon next to Jupiter. Tonight, for example, on June 14, 2010, the Moon is just "below" Venus in the evening sky just at sunset, and tomorrow, June 15, 2010, the Moon will appear to be just "above" Venus in the evening sky. Venus is QUITE bright, and tonight's Moon is the waxing crescent called "Diana's Bow", so it is quite lovely.
A planet cannot "have" asteroids. But there are asteroids near Venus' orbit.