On Monday December 1st the Moon passed in front of Venus in an incredibly rare event called an occultation. 

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PublicSaw.jpg This is the view that greeted millions of members of the public on Monday night December 1st, Venus hugging the lower right edge of a lovely crescent Moon, with Jupiter just to their upper right chaperoning the nearer pair. Thousands called radio stations to ask what they were seeing. They also jammed all of Astronomy Ireland's phone lines with calls! Photo: David Moore
N8SEvenusMOON.jpg Astronomy Ireland held a Venus Occultation Watch at its Telescope Shop in Dublin.. This image was snapped at the eyepiece of a Celestron NexStar 8 SE telescope using an inexpensive hand-held digital camera. To receive notice of events like this join AI's free emailing list
ByeByeVenusMoon.jpg After being visible for about 3 hours after sunset, the Moon, Venus and Jupiter set in the southwest. Note how far from the edge of the Moon Venus now is. We won't see it pass behind the Moon again in evening skies until 2095!
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