EarthSky News - Feb 28 - Fly Me to the Moon

February 28 Fly Me to the Moon by:

SpaceX to send 2 people around moon SpaceX's Elon Musk would not name the 2 private citizens who approached the company with an offer to pay for a flight around the moon and back. Tonight … Don't miss moon and Venus The crescent moon and planet Venus are close tonight. Watch for them in the west after sunset. When is the next leap year? If there were no leap years, eventually February would be a summer month for the Northern Hemisphere.  What is the crater-dome illusion? When you see spacecraft images of craters on other worlds, do you sometimes think they look like domes?  Here's how to shift your perception.

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Don't miss moon and Venus Look in the sunset direction Tuesday, shortly after the sun goes down.

Venus is a crescent now, too Telescopes show Venus waning to a thin crescent phase, as it prepares to pass between the Earth and sun in late March. February 28, 2017 photo by Shahrin Ahmad in Malaysia. More crescent Venus photos here. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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