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Enchanted Learning® Photoblog Posted May 25, 2012 2:51 am

Venus in its Crescent Phase, from Three Photos in One Evening

Venus in its Crescent Phase, from Three Photos in One Evening

Venus, in its crescent phase.

As of this photograph, taken May 24, 2012, the phase of Venus is waning: the visible crescent will be getting smaller and smaller until the day of the transit of Venus across the disk of the Sun.

Updated June 5, 2012: Here's a photo of the transit.

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Date taken: May 24, 2012 Place taken: Mercer Island, WA, USA Mitchell Spector Copyright ©2012 Enchanted Learning, LLC	RELATED IMAGES Sunset, from Three Photos in One Evening Waxing Crescent Moon, from Three Photos in One Evening Venus in its Crescent Phase, from Three Photos in One Evening Transit of Venus 2012 The Sun, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and Venus, to Scale Venus and Jupiter over Lake Washington The Pleiades, Moon, Jupiter, Aldebaran, and Venus over Lake Washington Venus in its Waxing Gibbous Phase Planetary Triangle over Seattle Planetary Peek-a-boo Venus in its Waning Gibbous Phase Venus and Jupiter - Conjunction of August 2014 Jupiter and Venus - Conjunction of July 2015