{"id":432658,"date":"2026-05-20T03:07:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=84d9d0b2c2b160bba2183686b3462c7b"},"modified":"2026-05-20T03:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:07:23","slug":"moon-venus-conjunction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=432658","title":{"rendered":"Moon-Venus Conjunction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nhq202605180004orig.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1506\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nhq202605180004orig.jpg?w=1506\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The Moon (right) and Venus (the small dot of light at center) shine above the lit-up Washington Monument at night. Only a small sliver of the Moon is visible.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nhq202605180004orig.jpg 5442w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nhq202605180004orig.jpg?resize=221,300 221w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nhq202605180004orig.jpg?resize=768,1044 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nhq202605180004orig.jpg?resize=753,1024 753w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nhq202605180004orig.jpg?resize=1130,1536 1130w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nhq202605180004orig.jpg?resize=1506,2048 1506w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nhq202605180004orig.jpg?resize=294,400 294w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nhq202605180004orig.jpg?resize=441,600 441w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nhq202605180004orig.jpg?resize=662,900 662w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nhq202605180004orig.jpg?resize=882,1200 882w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nhq202605180004orig.jpg?resize=1471,2000 1471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1506px) 100vw, 1506px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The Moon and Venus look close together because they line up from our point of view on Earth. In reality, they are separated by millions of miles in space.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nasahqphoto\/albums\/72177720333740728\" rel=\"noopener\">See more photos of the conjunction.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. The Moon and Venus look close together because they line up from our point of view on Earth. In reality, they are separated by millions of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15596],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-earths-moon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=432658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432734,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432658\/revisions\/432734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=432658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=432658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=432658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}