I’d guess Venus and Regulus based on the date/time
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That’s a very pretty alignment, I’d have taken a photo too 🙂
rip1980 on
Photons, most likely. Although, people exposed to Intense radiation can can visual stimulation known as phosphenes, in which case you have bigger worries.
Kudoakainu on
Ooh you spotted Regulus, by my side we rarely see alot
RepresentativeOk2433 on
Lucifer is trying to wear the crescent moon like a set of horns.
Shadonne on
Very cool photo, fellow human! Makes me homesick! I mean, I love Earth.
CyVet on
Took the exact same picture the other morning. Venus and Regulus. And then obviously the crescent moon lol.
Knumbs on
I wonder if OP is thinking about how you can see a bit of the moon illuminated but the rest of it is more clearly visible than usual as well.
LuciferMegatron on
That’s the Moon with its other two moons: Moonia and Moonos
londoner4life on
I don’t know but I had the immediate urge to yell, “Lisan al Gaib!”
cognos_edc on
What everyone is omiting is that the “dark side” of the moon is illuminated by the earth. The light our planet reflects. Earthshine as oposite of the night light we get on full moon… moonshine.
creativegenious1 on
I saw this exact thing too and wondered what I was looking at.
suspiciouspixel on
A 3 Body Problem? Which reminds me when is the next season out
Skwizgar1019 on
Download Stellarium – really cool app that uses your GPS to show you what you point your phone at in the sky.
agm66 on
A moon, planet, and star trifecta. Needs a comet for full points.
ChanceOfALifetimeNW on
Use the Stellarium app. It will show you the sky in real time
thecodeape on
In my native tongue we call that “dacksup da” – as in “Pull your dacks up, the sun shining on your old man balls”.
setiratiburon on
Ah so you’ve found Neverland and they are experiencing a slight lunar eclipse
Roscoe_deVille on
The alignment is nearly complete, soon the portal shall open
Llenette1 on
I briefly wondered about this, but then got sad when I remembered other planets exist. 🥹 My child-like wonder died again… womp womp.
plazatm on
You just discovered the Moon trying to photobomb Jupiter’s family portrait. Those little dots are his kids (the Galilean moons), and the Moon is like, ‘hey guys, scoot over, I wanna be in this one too.
tombh on
Notably there is no specific astronomical reason that they should align like that. _Planets_ can align because they all orbit on the same plane around the sun. But our moon, a planet and a star have no reason to align other than the fact there is only so much sky and everything moves through it, so by the law of mere averages such alignments must happen now and again.
bscottlove on
If im not mistaken, youre looking at the Moon, Venus and Regulus.
Kaorijoy on
I saw this the other morning and immediately purchased a telescope. I can almost always spot Venus, it’s my favorite planet
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By the way, you can put your location and date into here:
And it’ll show you all the objects in the sky at that time and place!
AutomaticInc on
We saw this too on Friday morning and took a picture of it as well. Pretty cool.
Lion_Knight on
The moon and Venus. I think the other little dot is just internal reflection.
Lmoorefudd on
This is why I love Reddit. I saw this on my morning run the other day and it was beautiful. But had no clue what they were, besides the moon. The sky was so clear (for Houston). Full view of Orion and this. Space is amazing.
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Conjunction with Venus. Not sure about the 3rd light. Generic star or far away galaxy maybe.
Edit – /u/mxrider255 beat me to it, Regulus is the 3rd.
Conjunction Trio
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/whats-up-september-2025-skywatching-tips-from-nasa/
Edit: The one with the crescent is our own moon
The bright one was Venus, the slightly dimmer one was Regulus
Regulus is about 79 light years away from us
Venus is about 2 to 14 light minutes away from us
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulus)
The moon, Venus, and regulus in confluence.
[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/18/moon-venus-conjunction-friday/86214331007/](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/18/moon-venus-conjunction-friday/86214331007/)
I’d guess Venus and Regulus based on the date/time
That’s a very pretty alignment, I’d have taken a photo too 🙂
Photons, most likely. Although, people exposed to Intense radiation can can visual stimulation known as phosphenes, in which case you have bigger worries.
Ooh you spotted Regulus, by my side we rarely see alot
Lucifer is trying to wear the crescent moon like a set of horns.
Very cool photo, fellow human! Makes me homesick! I mean, I love Earth.
Took the exact same picture the other morning. Venus and Regulus. And then obviously the crescent moon lol.
I wonder if OP is thinking about how you can see a bit of the moon illuminated but the rest of it is more clearly visible than usual as well.
That’s the Moon with its other two moons: Moonia and Moonos
I don’t know but I had the immediate urge to yell, “Lisan al Gaib!”
What everyone is omiting is that the “dark side” of the moon is illuminated by the earth. The light our planet reflects. Earthshine as oposite of the night light we get on full moon… moonshine.
I saw this exact thing too and wondered what I was looking at.
A 3 Body Problem? Which reminds me when is the next season out
Download Stellarium – really cool app that uses your GPS to show you what you point your phone at in the sky.
A moon, planet, and star trifecta. Needs a comet for full points.
Use the Stellarium app. It will show you the sky in real time
In my native tongue we call that “dacksup da” – as in “Pull your dacks up, the sun shining on your old man balls”.
Ah so you’ve found Neverland and they are experiencing a slight lunar eclipse
The alignment is nearly complete, soon the portal shall open
I briefly wondered about this, but then got sad when I remembered other planets exist. 🥹 My child-like wonder died again… womp womp.
You just discovered the Moon trying to photobomb Jupiter’s family portrait. Those little dots are his kids (the Galilean moons), and the Moon is like, ‘hey guys, scoot over, I wanna be in this one too.
Notably there is no specific astronomical reason that they should align like that. _Planets_ can align because they all orbit on the same plane around the sun. But our moon, a planet and a star have no reason to align other than the fact there is only so much sky and everything moves through it, so by the law of mere averages such alignments must happen now and again.
If im not mistaken, youre looking at the Moon, Venus and Regulus.
I saw this the other morning and immediately purchased a telescope. I can almost always spot Venus, it’s my favorite planet
By the way, you can put your location and date into here:
https://stellarium-web.org/
And it’ll show you all the objects in the sky at that time and place!
We saw this too on Friday morning and took a picture of it as well. Pretty cool.
The moon and Venus. I think the other little dot is just internal reflection.
This is why I love Reddit. I saw this on my morning run the other day and it was beautiful. But had no clue what they were, besides the moon. The sky was so clear (for Houston). Full view of Orion and this. Space is amazing.