2026 April 29 - The Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades

About this episode

This episode features images of the Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades star cluster taken during a crescent Moon setting.

In today's image, we see multiple images of our Moon, the planet Venus, and the Pleiades star cluster taken as the Moon was setting as a thin crescent earlier this month. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast. I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: wagnerastronomy@gmail.com This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .

People in this episode

Host: Robert M Wagner

Topics covered

• astronomy
• celestial bodies
• star clusters
• podcast
• education

Keywords

• Moon
• Venus
• Pleiades
• astronomy
• star cluster
• podcast
• APOD

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Astronomy Picture of the Day

Places: Moon, Venus, Pleiades

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