Up Above

This morning as I drove eastbound to work shortly before 6 AM I watched a nice little show in the southeastern sky featuring an old fading (waning crescent) Moon, the bright and sparkling Venus, and the brilliant Jupiter all right next to each other forming a nice little triangle.

Venus and Jupiter continue to put on a close show for a few more mornings during the hour before dawn. As the month of February progresses Jupiter eases higher in the morning sky while Venus fades away into the Sun’s early-morning glare. (The Moon shows up as a New Moon shortly after Sunset at the end of this week.)

This is one of my favourite web sites to check out what’s goin’ on in the skies up above from dusk to dawn. It’s updated daily.