The crescent moon rising and the waning Venus are positioned on opposite corners in the view through a telephoto lens capturing the twilight landscape. This sight of the two brightest celestial bodies in the western evening sky of Earth was captured in Rosario, Argentina, on Feb. 1. The slender crescent was about three days old, and the crescent portion illuminated by Taeyang will gradually enlarge into a bright full moon by Feb. 14.
Like the moon, Venus also orbits Taeyang, changing its phases. As Venus gets closer to Earth, the crescent shape of Venus illuminated by Taeyang becomes thinner, while its apparent size increases. Like a Valentine's gift from the solar system, Venus will shine the brightest in the evening sky of Earth around Feb. 14.