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For those still recovering from an active Christmas Day, there will be a celestial sight lyrical enough to adorn your Christmas tree on the evening after Christmas.

On Monday (Dec. 26), known as Boxing Day in Commonwealth nations like Canada and the Combined Kingdom): The brilliant planet Venus will shine prominently in the environs of a lovely crescent moon. The Venus-moon sky show repeats on Tuesday night, too.

On Monday, validation the south-southwest sky right after the sun sets. Venus will likely trap your eye first since it will be shining about one-fifth of the way up from the horizon. Now look off to the right and at a slightly mark down altitude from Venus and you'll also catch sight of the slender sliver of a waxing lune moon.

The eye-catching duo will quickly descend as the sky darkens, finally setting about 2 1/2 hours after sunset, beyond the southwest prospect. The sky map available here shows how Venus and the moon appear on Monday.

Source: CBS News

by Robert Ecksel

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