Venus And Jupiter Coming Monday Night: On Monday, Jupiter and Venus will brighten up the sky so, that the full globe of the moon will be visible. The normally darkened portion of a crescent moon will glow a bluish-gray hue intertwined between the sunlit crescent and similarly lit sky. Leonardo da Vinci first recognized what is known as “the old moon in the young moon’s arms.”
Those living in parts of Western Europe will see a more spectacular sight than the view in North America. All except southern Portugal will see a sky that looks like a bright jewel on the moon. Venus will actually disappear behind the dark part of the moon during evening twilight or just before the sun goes down.
The last time such a visual treat took place was in London on October 7, 1961. Another Venus sighting won’t happen again for the United Kingdom until January 10, 2032.
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