Get your deckchairs at the ready . If you take a look at the dark sky this evening , you might be able-bodied to get a glimpse of an unusual twosome .
The Moon and the planet Venus will look very secretive in the Nox sky on the evening of Friday , February 28 , as if the pair are leaning in a “ celestial candy kiss ” . According toEarthSky , the event – which was most understandably seeable on the evening of Thursday , February 27 – will be well seen in the early evenings just after sundown .
From Earth , Venus effectively looks like a bright white star that can currently be seen above the southwest horizon if you live in the Northern Hemisphere . The Moon will appear in its crescent form as well , so the mating should make for quite a endearing sight . The opportunity meeting of Venus and the Moon is because Venus is in the middle of an " evening specter ” , when the planet climbs high in the sky .
Venus is the second - brightest rude object in the nighttime sky after the Moon . Along with Mercury , Venus is get laid as an “ inferior planet ” as it revolves around the Sun inside Earth ’s orbit . In terms of size , Venus is slimly small than Earth .
Despite being the secondly - near planet to the Sun ( after Mercury ) , Venusappears exceedingly brightbecause it ’s blanket by extremely reflective cloud that bounce off around 70 pct of the light that hit it . This blanket of thickset clouds also means the satellite is the red-hot in the Solar System . Although Mercury is close to the Sun , it does n’t havean atmosphere , which means heat can speedily escape .
As ever with any amateurish deckchair uranology , it ’s always best to direct outside around 45 minutes before you hope to see anything in the night sky as this will avail your eyes acclimate to the low light source levels . to boot , it ’s a safe idea to twist off all nearby lights ( as much as possible , of course ) and get far away from city lights and light pollution . Clear skies are also a must , which might be a problem in the UK as cloudy atmospheric condition is foreshadow for tonight .
Do n’t get too confused if you miss out this time around , Space.comreports that the pair will meet again on March 28 and April 26 .
