The planet Venus made a rare appearance...

My camera was on full zoom, and this strange beauty was all that I could get.

It seemed to have a circle on its surface.

This occurred on 2025/01/03 and I have also included the day after, 2025/01/04.

Venus is located near the stars of the constellation Aquarius and is visible in the evening sky. It will be near the Moon on the 3rd of January.

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There is some interesting information about our starry sky and planets in the source link above. We googled the strange appearance, as at first we thought it was a star, and discovered that it was instead Venus.

See the little white dot below the moon? That was Venus, and I have never seen it so close to the moon.

Here below you can see Venus a bit more clearly. It was shining like a big bright star.

And this is what the moon looked like.

And now, let's see the night sky on the day after, 2025/1/4.

It seemed that Venus had changed position, as now it was at the left top of the moon.

I struggled a bit with the cloud and the wind was up, so I decided to take the photos with the zoom on 50%.

What we liked to see was the rest of the moon that is normally hidden from sight, as now it was exposed.

A curtain of cloud came down and covered the moon and Venus.

So, I waited until later in the night to show you the moon.

I am not an expert as far as the planets and their stars are concerned, as I struggle to remember names. The sun and moon are easy to remember, but when it comes to the things in the sky, like Sirius and Sagittarius et.al., I am totally lost. But I am hooked on the beauty that appears in the skies, by day and by night, and I am simply trying to show you the things that we saw.

The only way that a person would be able to get a clearer view of Venus, in my mind, would be at a planetarium as they have big telescopes. We plan to visit the local planetarium at some stage, and I hope to also do a post about our visit. Life is full of surprises, and we were delighted to discover Venus that was so close to the moon.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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