I was one of the millions of people around the world who could see the close three-way conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and the crescent moon (this after a friend SMSed me to run outside and go check it out).The brightest of the two planets, Venus, is set to remain high in the southwest all throughout this month, while Jupiter will be descending the western skies.
Venus is usually visible during dusk or dawn, hence its popular name as the Evening Star or the Morning Star.
The moon, Jupiter and Venus come together from time to time, but often they are too close to the Sun or unite at a time when they are not so visible. Apparently the next time this phenomenon will happen is 18 November 2052 (What !! I will be 74 at that stage lol)
They might look close together, but in reality both planets are separated by over 800 million kilometres.
We live in interesting times ...
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