• People all over the world saw the moon, Venus and Jupiter in the predawn sky on Sunday morning, July 15. What, you missed them? Never fear. The sky always has more. Our sky chart (top of post) shows the waning crescent moon, plus the planets Jupiter and Venus as they will appear about one hour before sunrise on Monday, July 16 at mid-northern North American latitudes. At mid-northern latitudes in Europe and Asia, the scene will look similar, except that the moon will be higher up and closer to Jupiter and Venus.
• The moon and planets have given us

some wonderful early morning sky scenes throughout this weekend. Some highlights below of the many great photos of this event you'll find on EarthSky's Facebook page, below. If you go to Facebook to see the photos, click into Recent Photos by Others.
• On Monday, July 16, at mid-latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere, look for Jupiter and Venus to be more side to side, rather than up and down. But no matter where you live worldwide, look in the east during the predawn and dawn hours on Monday to see the brilliant threesome: the waning crescent moon, Jupiter and Venus.
• By the way, on Sunday morning, the moon actually covered Jupiter as seen from some locations. The photo below shows that event.
• On all of these mornings, we've been able to distinguish Venus from Jupiter because it's the brighter of the two worlds. However, both planets are bright and beautiful and easily light up the dawn. In fact, Venus and Jupiter rate as the third-

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