The next best thing last night
Thanks for sharing this photo through twitter. Photo originally uploaded by @pawv here.
In case you’re like me, who did miss last night’s romantic view of the crescent moon and Venus, the occultation is going to happen on 13 of August 2012 again. I hope I am at the right place by then. Incidentally, the visibility depends on the location and timing. Last night it was more visible in Southeast Asia (i.e. Sumatra to Philippines). We had a little sandstorm and rainshowers yesterday, hence, the more it made the sighting remote in the UAE.
Although it is not really unusual since the moon passes near Venus once a month, only a crescent moon ever passes it. Several adjectives have been regarded to the sighting, but what does it have to do with Venus (associated with women) and not with the other planets? The explanation here is that because Venus is inferior, in the sense that it is lower than the Earth in relation to the sun. Venus sometimes appears in the twilight of evening or dawn. On the other hand, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn are considered superior. Hence, the lesser chances of being occulted.
Here’s an interesting video of the actual occultation, taken in the Philippines. Thanks for sharing the link, bursky.
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love the shot!!!!
was able to see this too last night. the sad part was that when i was about to take a photo, venus was covered with clouds already
great shot jo!
Hi Sheng! I didn’t take the photo. Someone shared it on twitter. I also think that it’s an amazing shot.
oh my! venus pala yun! i thought it was just some other star! i saw that last night and though it was beautiful!
This is a very beautiful shot.
I took pictures last night but not this beautiful. But nevertheless, such wondrous sight made me feel better. 
at ikaw pa ang nag-discuss ng technical part ng occultation! ahaha… i saw this last night but not the actual time when the moon covered venus. but my officemate did! try looking for theskyabove22 on wordpress.
even took a video of it!
I read the entry. I liked it how the photos and videos were aptly detailed. Thank you for sharing! I’ve updated my entry to link to that post.
so this will happen again on august? that’s something to look forward to kung sa visible ulit sa pinas. we missed it last night; but i saw the pictures over the web; God had painted a gorgeous sky last night. =)
That’s one great shot. It looks like a Christmas tree ornament.
havent seen it. a friend was calling me the whole time telling me to watch it but i was enjoying eating halo halo. lol
i took a shot, too, but it wasn’t as good as this one. my brother called and told me to check out the moon, he said it looks weird.:p
i say, it’s beautiful.
Never been aware of this until I saw a blogger’s image on FB last night.
ang ganda nya! i was able to see that kaya lang hindi ko nakunan ng picture. akala ko star lang sya, venus pala. hehehe
we were in greenbelt when it happened. ang daming tao nagpipicture so na curious kami. kaya tumingala din kami. ayun nakita namin kaso walang picture kasi di abot ng lens ang moon haha
I saw this the other night. It was amusing to see and most people noticed it too and started taking pictures with their phone cams
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It was indeed a spectacular sight.
Nakita ko to at 6 pm. tas nagtext yung bestfriend ko kung nakita ko. ganda
what a wonders in heaven. it looks like a xmas bells.what a romantic marriages between sun and moon.