Moon & Venus To Put On Post-Christmas Sky Show

Moon & Venus To Put On Post-Christmas Sky Show, Looking for some post-Christmas celestial wonder? Then look up tonight starting just before sunset, because the moon and Venus are putting on a show to the west.

“The action begins shortly before sunset, around 4:30 pm to 5 p.m., just as the sky is assuming its evening hue,” according to NASA Science News,

“This is a wonderful time to look; there are very few sights in the heavens as splendid as Venus and the Moon gathered close and surrounded by twilight blue,” writes NASA expert Tony Phillips.

Venus will glisten in the deepening twilight, just to the left of an “exquisitely slender” crescent moon, he said.

But stick with the show for a bit longer, because the beauty of the moon brightens, thanks to something called “Earthshine,” or “the Da Vinci glow.”

Here’s how Phillips describes it:

“As the sky fades to black, a ghostly image of the full Moon materializes within the horns of the lunar crescent. This is caused by Earthshine, a delicate veil of sunlight reflected from our own blue planet onto the dusty-dark lunar terrain.

Harvest Moon

Harvest Moon, The Harvest Moon Fifth annual dinner take place at 6 pm this Friday, September 24 at Little Lake La Grange, 291 School Street.

The Mediterranean menu, with two vegetarian options and meat, are prepared by master chefs Rede Relin Patty and Linda, and will feature appetizers, dessert, main course and side dishes.

Appetizers include local artisan cheeses and award-winning cheeses up and down the North Coast, served with artisan hand-made biscuits, fresh fruit, fresh tomatoes, and grilled vegetables with basil oil, garlic and olive oil.

Morocco meat Tangine tickets should be with local meat. A classic vegetarian Tangine also available, served with rice pilaf and salsa chermoula.

Dessert will be a Galletto by Honey Pies.

A no host wine bar will be sponsored by local wineries and organic Willits Shakespeare Company.

wine bar and snacks will be available after 6 pm, with dinner at 7.

Diners will be entertained by the pianist David Lisle and a band of Middle East.

Dinner: Adults, $ 12 children under 28, and 12.

Tickets are on sale in Firefly Framingand Willits Farmers Market table well.

The Harvest Dinner is a fundraiser for the small lake update Grange.