眉月掩木星

2023年2月25日

Crescent Moon Occultation
Image Credit & Copyright: Fefo Bouvier

Explanation: On February 22, a young Moon shared the western sky at sunset with bright planets Venus and Jupiter along the ecliptic plane. The beautiful celestial conjunction was visible around planet Earth. But from some locations Jupiter hid for a while, occulted by the crescent lunar disk. The Solar System’s ruling gas giant was captured here just before it disappeared behind the the Moon’s dark edge, seen over the Río de la Plata at Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. In the serene river and skyscape Venus is not so shy, shining brightly closer to the horizon through the fading twilight. Next week Venus and Jupiter will appear even closer in your evening sky.

Tomorrow’s picture: Saturn’s Iapetus

眉月掩木星
图像提供与版权: Fefo Bouvier

说明: 2月22日的日落时分，上弦月与黄道面上的明亮金星及木星共享西方天空。虽然全球各地皆可见到这片美丽天体近合的景观。但是从某些地方看出去，蛾眉月掩木星，让它消失在月盘后方一段时间。在上面这幅摄于乌拉圭.科洛尼亚-德尔萨克拉门托市的图像里，悬在拉普拉塔河上空的太阳系最大的气态巨行星-木星，即将消失在月亮黝黑的月盘后方。在这片静谧的河流和天空景观里，金星大放光芒，它明亮的身影沈浸在地平线附近的渐暗暮光中。在下星期，傍晚天空中的金星和木星会靠得更近。

明日的图片: Saturn’s Iapetus