Celestial Show Set for New Year's Eve
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:24 pm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20081230/ ... ewyearseve
A delightful display of planets and the moon will occur on New Year's Eve for anyone wishing to step outside and look up just after sunset.
Venus, brighter than all other planets and stars, will dangle just below the thin crescent moon in the southwestern sky. It'll be visible -- impossible to miss, in fact -- just as the sun goes down, assuming skies are cloud-free.