The moon rises with Jupiter (and several of its moons) on Saturday, August 23. A short while later Venus joined them, below Jupiter. You can see the full disk of the moon, even though the sunlit part is only a slim crescent, because the side of the moon facing us is illuminated by "earthshine": the light of the entire face of the earth reflecting sunlight back onto the area of the moon in shadow.
The light from a slim crescent moon is dim enough that I was able to use a sensitive exposure (high ISO, wide aperture), close to what I use on dark nights, so you can pick up a lot of detail in the foreground and sky, even though it's twilight / blue hour.
More photo from the Venus, Jupiter, moon conjunction event on my blog:
Photos of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter Conjunction August 23
http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/08/photos-of-moon-venus-jupiter-conjunction.html
#astrophotography #nightphotography #astronomy
Jupiter and moon rising, August 24, 2014. A short while later Venus joined them, below Jupiter.
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Nicely framed.
Wow what a great picture
☺
Great!!!!
Awesome picture. Congratulations!
Nice pic…thnx for sharing it
+++ 🙂
Stunning
Excellent!
Awesome photo!
wow – sehr schönes Foto!!!
::-P
Stellar!
Thanks for the explanation, +Jeff Sullivan
That's one mighty earthshine!
Great capture +Jeff Sullivan 🙂
Superb!
Beautiful shot
Amazing….
Awesome pic!…
Es ist einzigartig – mehr fällt mir nicht dazu ein
La nuit, c’est le salut de l’âme.
Great picture
<3 this…
Unique…
Amazingly beautiful… thank you!
wonderful
Great +Jeff Sullivan thanks for the description of this shot very educational ! JJ.
Someone on Europa is taking a picture of us and our moon.
+Jeff Sullivan super shot
Wonderful shot!!! Excellent work!!!
Beautiful
świetne ujęcie pięknego zjawiska
Jeff, this is a miracle ! congratulations !
Beautiful in darkness
wow
An astral event for my birthday? I wonder what it means?
Marvelous!
Excellent Jeff!! Love it!!
A view such as this is why astronomy is one of my hobbies.
Amazing!!!very beautiful
海上升明月,天涯若比邻