The Moon Is Right Next to Mars and Jupiter

Cnet is reporting that "If you missed seeing Jupiter cozying up to the moon this morning, you can check the night skies early Wednesday, Aug. 28, too: Mars and Jupiter will trade spots and it'll be the red planet that sits closer to the moon." That's called a conjunction.

So yesterday morning that star beside the moon was Jupiter. This morning you could see a star beside the moon and that was Jupiter again but between Jupiter and the moon was a fainter star and that was Mars. Yesterday I couldn't find Venus which is usually the easiest planet to find right above the horizon but the website confirmed that Venus isn't visible this time of year. Mercury is but that's always harder to see because it's fainter and closer to the horizon.

A coworker has a really cool AP on his phone called Planets. You hold your phone up and fan the sky and the ap tells you where the planets are in the sky.

Update: For the past 3 days each morning you could see Jupiter beside the moon with Mars in between. Each morning it gets a bit further away from the moon.