Beautiful view tonight! A friend of mine posted this photo on Facebook, wondering what star is by the Moon. That's no star, that's the planet Venus!
Tonight is the waxing crescent moon and also the planet Venus in the west. Venus is the brightest object in the sky after the sun and moon. Plus, the planet Jupiter, sits below Venus and the moon.
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The term "retrograde" means "backward". Obviously, no planet actually goes backwards. However, from our perspective here on Earth, all of the planetary bodies (except for the Sun and Moon) appear to move backwards. Imagine that you're driving down the road parallel to a set of railroad tracks. A train is speeding along to your left, and you pass the train. It appears to be going backwards, but what is really happening is that you are going faster.
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