I’ve got the Moon on my brain today, so here’s some Moon-spam for ya! First, the above sketch by Deirdre Kelleghan shows Venus emerging from the limb of the moon, following a lunar occultation, shown below:
Next, this was last Friday’s APOD, of the Moon (the LARGE, faint crescent) and Venus (the small bright crescent):
This next image is the latest, best far-side map of the Moon, courtesy of SELENE/Kaguya (and today’s LPOD) in glorious shades of grey…
…which is simplified from this color version, downloadable in ENORMO-VISION.
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