# Great views of Venus, Jupiter and the Moon in the northern dusk sky **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2015, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710 "2015-05-24T08:01:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/1 "2015-05-24T08:01:10Z")
They’re forming a large obtuse triangle. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/2 "2015-05-24T15:27:43Z")
Isoceles too. I also managed to see Venus an hour before sundown too. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/3 "2015-05-24T15:51:49Z")
I’ve been following them as well. I love summer when you can actually stand outside and gaze at the sky, without taking windchill into account! ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/4 "2015-05-24T23:09:08Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I also managed to see Venus an hour before sundown too. As did I. It was a beautifully clear, cold afternoon/evening here last night and Venus was quite easy to spot. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/5 "2015-05-24T23:21:29Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I love summer when you can actually stand outside and gaze at the sky, without taking windchill into account! Whereas I prefer winter sky-watching. It’s cool and crisp rather than warm and humid. And the Southern Hemisphere winter skies are great: Crux is at its very best. Then there’s the favourite winter constellation of Scorpius. Plus Sagittarius and the centre of the Milky Way. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/6 "2015-05-24T23:25:11Z")
Pics or it didn’t happen! (For the benefit of the celestially impaired among us who don’t know a star from a planet when we see one.) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/7 "2015-05-25T00:14:51Z")
Go out and have a look for yourself this evening. The Moon will have moved, so the three of them will almost be in a straight line. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/8 "2015-05-26T16:00:51Z")
It concerned me that last night Jupiter was between the Moon and Venus. That’s a little too close for comfort for me, considering how big Jupiter is. ---
**Author:** ![BaldDudePeekskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/9 "2015-05-28T01:18:43Z")
Naturally, rain in NY burbs… ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/10 "2015-05-28T02:01:36Z")
> [@BaldDudePeekskill](#): > > Naturally, rain in NY burbs… Don’t worry. You have plenty of opportunity for further viewing. Venus and Jupiter will gradually be getting closer to each other over the next five weeks, culminating in a close conjunction around 30 June/1 July when they will be less than 0.5° apart in the early evening sky. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/11 "2015-05-28T02:14:00Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Whereas I prefer winter sky-watching. It’s cool and crisp rather than warm and humid. And the Southern Hemisphere winter skies are great: Crux is at its very best. Then there’s the favourite winter constellation of Scorpius. Plus Sagittarius and the centre of the Milky Way. I’m sure winter temperatures in Sydney and the Canadian mid-west are significantly different. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/12 "2015-05-28T15:00:34Z")
Gawd, we clouds, clouds, as clouds, but no rain. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/13 "2015-06-20T10:24:10Z")
Another spectacular grouping of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter this evening. The two planets are approaching their close conjunction on 1 July, when they’ll be only 0.35 degrees apart. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/14 "2015-06-20T14:30:21Z")
Jupiter & Venus have been approaching each other for a month or more and will still be near each other for another month or more. So daily weather isn’t much of an issue for observing this. To be sure, the Moon is passing quickly through the planetary conjunction. But it’ll be back in another 28 days while Jupiter & Venus are still nearby each other. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/15 "2015-06-20T14:31:21Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > It concerned me that last night Jupiter was between the Moon and Venus. That’s a little too close for comfort for me, considering how big Jupiter is. Don’t forget all those moons Jupiter has slinging around itself. There’s all sorts of ways for the strings to get tangled. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-views-of-venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-in-the-northern-dusk-sky/720710/16 "2015-06-20T14:36:48Z")
We’re headed out to a star party this evening, outside the city. Beautiful, clear weather. OMSI brings telescopes to these.