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eastern horizon first. Jupiter rises next, and then Venus comes up last. However, the Southern Hemisphere has the advantage because all three worlds - the moon, Jupiter and Venus - rise sooner before the sun than they do in the Northern Hemisphere.
• Rising times of the sun, moon and planets in your sky
• As seen from northern temperate latitudes, the waning crescent moon, Jupiter and Venus angle downward from right to left. At lati

That pale glow on the unlit part of a crescent moon is light reflected from Earth.

tudes close to the equator, the celestial line-up appears more or less vertical, while at temperate latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere, the line-up angles downward from left to right. If you see the moon and Jupiter, but not Venus, try using binoculars to locate Venus close to the horizon.
• Bottom line: The moon, Venus and Jupiter are all in the east at dawn now. They rank as the second-brightest, third-brightest and fourth-brightest heavenly bodies after the sun. Venus especially is low in the east before the sun rises, but all three are so bright that they might be visible as late as one-half hour before sunrise on Friday, June 15 or sunrise on Saturday, June 16.