Venus Last Night

This frame was taken with the same equipment as this frame on March 1st. See what three weeks will do to the size of the planet as it orbits further toward the earth? Venus will soon be as close as it ever comes to the earth, so its crescent appears much larger now than it was just a few weeks ago. Notice also that the crescent is thinner now than then. We are seeing more of the back of the planet as it moves between us and the sun.