The Moon and Venus Over Geneva

The Moon, fresh from a biting encounter with the Sun last week , appeared next to threaten Venus. The waxing Moon appeared to glide right past, however, just a few degrees away . Venus , of course, is much further away from the Earth than the Moon, so the passing was really just an angular illusion . Pictured above on June 13, a fading sunset finds the crescent Moon and Venus between clouds and above the city lights of Geneva , Switzerland .