June 19, 2002
The constellations may be old, but the person celebrating beneath them is gloriously new by cosmic standards.
The Moon & Venus Over Geneva
Birthday · June 19, 2002
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APOD published June 19, 2002. Credit: Gregory Giuliani (AstroImagine). A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
The Moon, fresh from a biting encounter with the Sun last week, appeared next to threaten Venus. The waxing Moon appeared to glide right past, however, just a few degrees away. Venus, of course, is much further away from the Earth than the Moon, so the passing was really just an angular illusion. Pictured above on June 13, a fading sunset finds the crescent Moon and Venus between clouds and above the city lights of Geneva, Switzerland.
Image credit: Gregory Giuliani (AstroImagine)