PULL · 1 DEC 2011

This was
your sky.

Young Moon Meets Evening Star

NASA APOD · Benjamim Ribeiro

COSMIC MESSAGE

The young Moon, only 35 hours old, meets Venus, our evening star, in the western sky. This conjunction, captured above a rugged horizon, shows the two brightest objects after the Sun in a twilight sky. Mercury, not visible here, has already set below the horizon.

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2011-12-01 · ♐

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Young Moon Meets Evening Star

NASA APOD · Benjamim Ribeiro

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ZODIAC CONTEXT

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SAGITTARIUS

In tropical astrology, 1 DEC 2011 falls under Sagittarius (♐). The sign's window runs from 11-22 through 12-21. Sagittarius points straight at the center of the Milky Way, our galaxy's brightest region. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 1 DEC 2011.

THE ALMANAC FOR 1 DEC 2011

DAY

Thursday

MOON

First quarter, 33% lit

POSITION

Day 335 of 365

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This was your sky.

Young Moon Meets Evening Star

This was
your sky.