For the third day in a row I was fortunate again, enjoying clear skies during the Venus and Jupiter conjunction event. The two planets are now drifting apart, but at 53 minutes of arc they remain at less than a degree. In this photograph, Venus is at top and Jupiter at bottom. My latitude of 18 degrees north helps because the ecliptic lies straight up, and like previous days the planets shone at 23 degrees above the western horizon. This image was made at 6:56 pm, right after the beginning of the nautical twilight, when the sun was 7 degrees below the horizon. I also made a video, which can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPg2Okq1KgM

Smartphone camera on Motorola G-Pure.

GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) on GNU/Linux. (1) crop from the original at 4,160 x 3,100 to 4,158 x 2,772 to fit into a 3:2 ratio; (2) slight levels adjustment to improve contrast; (3) slight increase in saturation to enhance the colors of sunset.