Venus crescent cascade September 2026

I really hope I can share with you a picture of how Venus changes its shape and size
as it approaches the earth from August 31 to September 28.

The images are a bit small because I wanted to fit in the lunar crescent.
Maybe zoom in to see the difference.

I have shot all the Venus crescents with the same shutter speed and ISO
hoping to get a progressive change in shape and brightness.

So, Venus has a crescent too but it grows bigger, unlike the moon,
because it is orbiting inside the earth.

William Optics 360mm on a APS-C 1.5X camera
tripod and remote shutter release
many shots

Five Venus crescent photos overlaid and arranged on top of a lunar crescent.
The size was unchanged. No editing to avoid changing the shape and size of the crescents.