Moon and Venus Thursday 30th January 2020

Venus again!
Zoom in and you can see some low magnitude stars to the top left of Venus (circled).
But I am not sure what they are called!

Pretty good using just a bridge camera.

Time 17:17.
Distance 251,672 miles.
Waxing crescent phase.
194 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 36.8 degrees.

Moon and Venus Wednesday 29th January 2020

Moon by Venus again, complete with good Moon detail.

Zooming into Venus shows us how bright it was - it is practically pure white!

Time 17:48.
Distance 251,878 miles.
Waxing crescent phase.
214 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 22.8 degrees.

Moon and Venus Tuesday 28th January 2020

Time 17:18.
Distance 251,373 miles.
Waxing crescent phase.
214 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 22.8 degrees.

Moons Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th January 2020

The first Moons of 2020!

(3rd / 4th Jan)
Time 17:17 / 20:51.
Distance 250,196 / 248,368 miles.
Waxing gibbous / waxing gibbous phase.
156 / 211 degrees SE / SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 36.8 / 40.9 degrees.