In today's image, we see the planet Venus in the upper left corner of the image - very prominent in the night sky right now as the evening star. We also see the very thin waxing crescent moon close to the horizon. The remainder of the Moon is illuminated by earthshine, light from the Sun that strikes Earth, then Moon, then back to Earth giving a faint glow to the part of. the Moon not directly illuminated by our Sun.

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