"A Mars and Venus Update, and How to Find Them Using the Moon Next Week"

Scheduled air date: 2003 Feb 17-23

In the morning skies of next week, the Waning Gibbous Moon—which will be at Last Quarter on February 23rd—will appear near the bright star Antares, then the planet Mars, and finally near the brilliant planet Venus.
(Shown around 5:45 AM February 23-27 for mid-Northern latitudes.)

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