Sunday Mornings Moon and Mercury Lineup

Sunday morning (21 June), saw the thin crescent Moon below the Pleiades and close to Mercury. Mercury itself was in the Hyades, and formed a second "eye" in Taurus, along with Aldebaran. Above them, Mars and Venus were at their closest.

You will have to click on the image to embigeen so that you can see , Mars, the Pleiades and the hyades.

Venus and the Moon through Clouds

So this morning the lineup was hidden behind cloud. I could see the Moon shining feebly through though.

But I stood a moment watching. The clouds thinned and thickened, Venus appeared and disappeared, the whole was accompanied by smaller groups of cloud scudding rapidly across the sky, reddened by the still hidden Sun.

The whole thing was very beautiful, and I would have missed it if I had just said "Ugh, clouds"

(yes, Mars makes and appearacne in the image).

Venus, Mars and Mercury in the Morning

Venus, Mars, the Crescent Moon and Mercury are putting on quite a show at the moment. And it will be even better tomorrow. I tried to get all artistic with this mornings photos. To the left is the Moon, Venus and Mars framing a Norfolk island pine at the beach (click to embiggen). Below is Mercury, the Pleiades and Aldebaran and the Hyades (again, click to embiggen, you will need to do this to see the image at its best. Yes, I know it is sideways, but that is Bloggers doing, the original image is right way round).

Looking forward to tomorrow morning!