¿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2020 June 21 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Moon Occults Venus Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Dzmitry Kananovich Explanation: It may look like [4]Earthrise, but it's actually Venus-set. Just after sunrise two days ago, both the Moon and Venus also [5]rose. But then the Moon overtook [6]Venus. In the [7]featured image sequence centered on the Moon, Venus is shown increasingly angularly [8]close to the Moon. In the [9]famous Earthrise image taken just over 50 years ago, the Earth was captured rising over the edge of the Moon, as seen from the [10]Apollo 8 crew orbiting the Moon. This similar Venus-set image was taken from Earth, of course, specifically [11]Estonia. Venus shows only a thin crescent because last week it passed [12]nearly in front of the Sun, as seen from Earth. The [13]Moon shows only a [14]thin crescent because it will soon be passing directly in front of the [15]Sun, as seen from Earth. Today, in fact, two days after this image was taken, the Moon [16]will create a solar eclipse, with a thin swath across the Earth treated to an [17]annular solar eclipse. Gallery: Notable [18]images of the Venus - Mooon conjunction of 2020 June submitted to APOD Tomorrow's picture: sun block __________________________________________________________________ [19]< | [20]Archive | [21]Submissions | [22]Index | [23]Search | [24]Calendar | [25]RSS | [26]Education | [27]About APOD | [28]Discuss | [29]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [30]Robert Nemiroff ([31]MTU) & [32]Jerry Bonnell ([33]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [34]Specific rights apply. [35]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [36]ASD at [37]NASA / [38]GSFC & [39]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2006/VenusSet_Kananovich_1000.jpg 3. https://www.astrobin.com/users/Dzmitry_Kananovich/ 4. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181224.html 5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171203.html 6. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/venus/overview/ 7. https://www.astrobin.com/x4fvej/0/ 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190206.html 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181223.html 10. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo-8.html 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200608.html 13. https://moon.nasa.gov/ 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130414.html 15. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/ 16. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2020-june-21 17. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/annular-solar-eclipse.html 18. https://www.facebook.com/pg/APOD.Sky/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2701463196624549 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200620.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 23. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 28. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200621 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200622.html 30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 31. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 32. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 33. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 35. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 36. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 37. https://www.nasa.gov/ 38. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 39. http://www.mtu.edu/