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Moon and Mercury in conjunction 12/2009

by

T.Ladanyi/Novapix

Reference

a-cnj01-30003

Date

2011-07-31

Planet Mercury is usually hidden in glare of the sun or appears very close to the horizon at dusk or dawn. In this image of a 2-day old crescent moon, Mercury is captured during its greatest elongation (furthest from the sun as seen in the Earth sky) in the evening sky above Hungary.