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Originally Posted by irose_57
Thanks everyone and great answers for beginners like me!
The question came about as we thought it may have been Venus but I wasn't sure if Venus was ever in conjunction with a rising moon? Is it?
Turner painted many pictures with the moon in it so to see such a prominent star/planet I think is more than artistic expression - especially with the historical detail of many of his other paintings.
Ian
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Ian,
I did mention that Venus is impossible in my post but I didn't really explain it clearly enough for beginners. Venus orbit is inside the Earth's. The maximum elongation Venus can be observed from the sun is about 45 degrees east or west. A full moon is of course almost 180 degrees elongation and so Venus can't appear near the rising full moon.
Joe