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See Venus swing by the crescent moon Monday morning – Live Science

The moon and Venus will form a triangle with the Beehive star cluster in the predawn sky.

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In the predawn morning sky on Monday (Sept. 14), a beautiful celestial sight will likely attract a lot of attention for early risers. A few hours before sunrise, low above the east-northeast horizon you’ll see a slender sliver of a waning crescent moon. And located to its left you’ll see a dazzling, silvery-white “star” shining with a steady glow.  
That will be the planet Venus, shining at an eye-popping magnitude of -4.2 (thirteen times brighter than Sirius, the brightest star) from a distanc…

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