What was that star right next to the moon when it rose this morning, as seen from the DC area?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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Visible planets and night sky December 2022 and January 2023

Posted by Marcy Curran and John Jardine Goss and Deborah Byrd | December 15, 2022



On the morning of December 21, a very thin waning crescent moon floats in the morning twilight amid the stars of the Crown of Scorpius. Also, if you look about 40 minutes before sunrise, more of Scorpius the Scorpion is above the horizon, including the fiery red star https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/antares-rivals-mars-as-the-scorpions-heart/Antares. And, the beautiful glow of earthshine] is on the unlit portion of the moon. Read more about the moon near Crown of Scorpius. Chart via John Jardine Goss/ EarthSky.

[GreenWave]

1. Fear not! It was no no star, just a giant mothership.

[2naSalit]

2. Cool...

Wish I could see it through the snowstorm. I have a great vantage point up on a high hill, on clear mornings I get to see the most beautiful dawns and planets before daylight.

[MiHale]

3. And the clouds parted for the first time in a week or so...

because they wanted to prove sarcasm wrong…it didn’t work.

[elleng]

4. Lucky to those who caught them.

I was not among you!

[Gaugamela]

5. Star of Bethlehem to guide Santa.