The Moon greets Jupiter and Venus

Tomorrow morning about 5 a.m., the thin crescent moon floats to the upper right of Jupiter. The scene may give a magical feel as the moon appears softly glowing with Earthshine, the back reflected sunlight bouncing of the nearly full Earth. Twenty-five minutes later, as the dawn brightens appreciably, Venus shines just above the eastern-northeastern horizon. It sits in our murky atmosphere about the same distance to Jupiter's lower left that the moon lies to Jupiter's upper right.

Twenty-four hours later, the moon slips directly next to Jupiter, providing an easy identification of the giant planet. As the mornings pass, both Jupiter and Venus rise higher and grow brighter becoming the dominant objects in the morning sky.

Such is our view from Earth...