An eye-catching celestial display consisting of a slender crescent moon and two bright planets on an hour before sunrise on Thursday morning, September 10, can be witnessed by sky gazers. The bright appearance of Venus will continue for few more weeks. The nice array of the moon and planets will be quite low, just about 15 degrees above the horizon. In case you want to have a clear and unobstructed view toward the east, make sure that there are no trees or buildings any higher than a fist and a half, else you might miss the view partially or completely.

Among all, the most obvious celestial object is going to be the crescent moon, a sliver of yellow-white light that will be just 7% illuminated by the sun. There will be the second-brightest object of the night sky, the planet Venus on the right side of the moon.

Venus had been a prominent evening object since the beginning of this year. It finally relinquished the title of 'Evening Star' less than a month ago and disappeared from view before beginning to appear in the morning instead.

Venus is so bright in the sky because of its high albedo, or the amount of light it reflects back into space. This albedo belongs to the permanent cloud layer, surrounding the planet. The clouds reflect nearly 75% of the sunlight they get back toward Earth. The other reason behind Venus' brightness is related to distance. At present, Venus is 34.4 million miles from Earth.