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2. Venus is less than a degree from the moon
Thu Nov 9, 2023, 05:52 AM
Nov 2023
https://www.space.com/moon-venus-november-2023
See bright Venus and the crescent moon light up the early morning sky on Nov. 9

... At that hour, on this particular morning, hanging about one-quarter of the way up in the sky, you will see a waning crescent moon, 15% illuminated by the sun, and sitting less than a degree to its right will be Venus, blazing at magnitude -4.4, or 15 times brighter than Sirius, the brightest star.


To see a map of the sky from one's locale (you can change the time)

https://in-the-sky.org/skymap2.php

(get rid of that deep space junk with that checkbox below the sky map and on the left side -- nobody can see any of that stuff unless they live 50 miles from the nearest street lamp, so its just clutter)

I would be lost without this because of the city lights, so few stars and planets are visible, so this helps enormously in finding things and being sure that what I'm seeing is actually what I think I'm seeing.

For those who want to see the H.A. Rey version of the constellations: On the left side below the sky map, there is the default setting: "Simplified Designs". Pull down on its arrow, and choose "H.A. Rey's designs".

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