A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Planetary conjunction

Has anyone noticed the planets lining up in the western sky at dusk?

This is Venus high in the sky with a narrow crescent moon below. Jupiter is very faint below and to the right of the moon.


A closer shot shows the moon and Jupiter with Mercury fainter and almost directly below Jupiter.


Wednesday evening at dusk, the moon and Mercury will approach to within 1.2 degrees of each other

I love to watch the sky Terry,,,,, I was on the phone the other day with a friend from across the U.S, and she said there is something really bright in the sky,, and it's not a star,,,,,,,, She was thinking planet,,,,,, Apparently she was right,,,,,,, I'll have to look at the sky at work tonight right before I go home at dusk,,,, Thanks for the reminder and the Pictures,,

Those photos are great!!

AHEM!!! And who might that friend have been???

I, too, love to watch the sky at night, and can't wait for Don to set up the humungous telescope that my cousin gave him last fall. Thanks so much for sharing your pictures, Terry, and identifying what we might be seeing in the skies!

nice picture terry

I just noticed, I made a mistake in my first post. I should have said that JUPITER and Mercury would be 1.2 degrees apart tomorrow evening (12/31) NOT the moon and Mercury.

Here are more pics from tonight.


Jupiter and Mercury


Venus and the moon.

Here are 2 closer shots of the moon.

your second picture looks exactly like the pic I took tonight ,, only yours is clearer to see,,

the first picture here is beautiful!!!!!!