Sunday, January 5, 2025

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus (2nd January 2025)

The new year has got off well with a clearish beginning to the evening of the 2nd January. A three day old moon was now in the sky and in the same area as Venus. This made a pretty conjunction and so I got out my camera to take a picture:-

The photo was taken at 16:32 UT with my Nikon D90 set at a focal length of 50mm (1/5s at f/5, ISO 400). Some cloud was beginning to roll in as you can see and the clear sky didn't last that long! Actually, the Moon and Venus were even closer the following day, separated by perhaps 3 or 4 degrees.

All text and images © Duncan Hale-Sutton 2025

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