Crescent Moon Sparks Evening Triangle with Mercury and Jupiter
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On June 16, a waxing crescent Moon forms an elongated triangle with Jupiter and Mercury in the western evening sky. Mercury’s greatest eastern elongation was yesterday, and the Moon passes 3° north of Mercury around 4 PM EDT; after sunset the trio rises to about 10° high, with Pollux nearby. Venus sits above Jupiter to the upper left, and the Moon (about 6% illuminated) will occult Venus in daylight tomorrow afternoon. Sunrise is 5:31 AM and sunset 8:31 PM at 40°N, 90°W.
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