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    Posted December 1, 2008 by
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    Moon Venus Jupiter Conjunction

    By MikeBlack  |  Posted December 1, 2008  |  Wall Township, New Jersey
     

    The Moon, Venus, and Jupiter form a celestial triangle in the sky; 01 December 2008, taken from Wall Township, NJ by Mike Black.

     

    Moon is at left, Venus at bottom, and Jupiter at right.

     

     

    The planet/moon line up is an optical illusion. While they seem close in the sky, they are really very far apart:

     

     

    The Moon is 240,000 miles away, but Venus is 370 times farther, 94 million miles away. Jupiter is 540 million miles away, seven times farther then Venus.

     

     

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