The Bright Shining Star next to the Moon last night

Last evening I was out in the Mountains with some friends and as the Moon came out there was a beautiful sight of a bright star shining just below the Moon. It did not look like an ordinary star as the shine was very bright and it was also bigger in size then the other visible star. Normally the stars would be seen as the sky would go dark, but this shining star was visible along with the Moon when it came out. Then I got to know that it was the Venus shining as a bright star very close to the crescent moon. There was a little confusion as to if the shining star was Venus or Jupiter as there was a Moon and Jupiter conjunction also, but then the news confirmed that it was Venus.

The Moon is much closer to the Earth compared to Venus so even though Venus is a much bigger planet in comparison to Moon but due to the distance it looks so small from planet earth in comparison to the moon. Distance of Moon from Earth is 384k kms whereas distance of Venus from Earth is 184 million Kms, which is way too far then the Moon. It was seen all through out the night till the morning Sunrise hour. Astronomically after the Moon, Venus is the next brightest planet that is visible from Earth.

I am very fond of understanding Astrology and Astronomy. One subject where I am not a pro but it's very intriguing for me and I like to keep learning about it. For the same reason I also learned Astrology some years ago. Venus is said to have a very dense atmosphere and covered with very thick clouds hence it's difficult to see the Venus surface from our Earth's telescopes. Venus is the planet of love, romance, beauty, art, desires. It basically associates with the passions of our life and how we relate with them. When Venus is powerful in our charts it brings in prosperity. It is a lot associated with our material life.

The waxing moon and the venus sighting was truly a very beautiful sight. Sharing some pictures clicked last night of this beautiful sighting.