Best New Year’s gift ever! EarthSky moon calendar for 2019

The moon and Venus rising over Whitehaven, NW England, on January 2, 2019. Photo by Adrian Strand.

Doug Short captured Venus and the moon above Anchorage, Alaska, on the morning of January 1, 2019.

Kannan A wrote, “The waning crescent moon and the planet Venus conjunction this morning (January 2) here in Singapore before sunrise was a most breathtaking moment for the start of the first working day of 2019.”

The moon and Venus rising in the east, January 2, 2019. Photo by Dennis Chabot.

Photo by Jenney Disimon. She wrote, “Moon and Venus pairing, Sabah, North Borneo. 2nd Jan 2019.”

Vermont Coronel Jr. wrote, “Moon and a cool-hued Venus, an hour before sunrise in Manila.”

Duncan Tolmie captured the moon and Venus at 3:30 a.m. on January 2, 2019, in Warwick, Queensland, Australia.
Bottom line: Photos of the moon and Venus before sunrise in early January 2019.