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what's up for December Venus Saturn the

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Crescent Moon and Mars make close passes

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at dusk and dawn throughout the month

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December starts off with a lovely string

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of pearls with Jupiter Venus Saturn and

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the crescent moon forming a line up at

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dusk on December 1st you'll need a

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pretty clear view toward the horizon to

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see Jupiter which is setting soon after

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the Sun these days look for an

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unobscured view toward the southwest

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about half an hour after sunset in the

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middle of December watch each evening

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from the 9th through the 13th as Venus

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and Saturn just skim past each other

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with brilliant cloud swaddle Venus

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rising higher in the sky each day early

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risers can catch a glimpse of the Red

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Planet being visited by the slim

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crescent of the moon on December 22nd

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and 23rd to see them look toward the

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southeast about 45 minutes before

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sunrise you'll see the moon above Mars

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on the 22nd by the 23rd it's moved below

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Mars and a bit toward the east at the

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end of December you won't want to miss a

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dazzling pair up of Venus and the

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crescent moon on the 28th look low in

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the southwest sky at dusk to find Venus

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hovering in Twilight just above a slim

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lunar Crescent NASA's space missions

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explore the moon and the planets of our

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solar system to answer fundamental

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science questions about where we come

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from where we're going and whether we're

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alone here are the phases of the Moon

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for December follow all of NASA's

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current and future missions at nasa.gov

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I'm Preston dykes from NASA's Jet