2026 June 20 - Daytime Moon Meets Evening Star

In today's image, we see the planet Venus very close to the limb of the Moon. The was taken just at the end of an occultation of Venus by the Moon a few days ago. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel.This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast.I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: [email protected] work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.