Tuesday morning January 1^st the thin 25-day old waning crescent Moon (apparent magnitude -10.96) will be within 3-4^o from the inner planet Venus (apparent magnitude -4.47) and 1-2^o from the Dwarf Planet Ceres (apparent magnitude 8.0). All three will fit within the field of view of 7×50 binoculars.

   
   
   

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