The ‘dancing’ continues.
   Monday morning September 18^th there will be a ‘solar system cluster’ (for lack of another term!), in the hour or so before the Sun rises.
   Look eastward for three planets (Venus, Mars, Mercury), the 27.5-day old thin waning crescent Moon, and the star Regulus in the constellation Leo the Lion.
   The Moon is situated between Venus and Mars and Mercury such that you are able to see the Moon and Venus within one field of view with binoculars, and by shifting your view lower then be able to see the Moon with Mars and Mercury within that field of view.

   
   
   

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