Summary: All month long the brightest planets have delighted sky watchers with an eye-catching gathering in the western sky. It was never better than May 14th when the crescent Moon (illuminated by Earthshine) glided by brilliant Venus. The pair were easy to see even before the Sun set.

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	Photographer, Location, Date	Larger images	Comments
	Thierry Legault, from Place de la Concorde, Paris, France May 15	#1	Th. Legault: "The monuments are the Obelisque, and Arc de Triomphe in the back. We can see Jupiter, the Moon and Venus. Mars is also visible but very dim."
	Jan Koeman, Middelburg, The Netherlands May 14	#1, #2, #3, #4, #5	M. Brown: "On the 14th of May I took these pictures from my backyard. The planet appear beside our local watertower. Photo details: Fuji Superia 800 ISO, Nikkormat Ftn (30 years old!), Nikkor 70-300, f5.6 with exposures 1 to 10s."
	Mark A. Brown, Prattville, Alabama May 14	#1, #2	M. Brown: "The earthshine was incredible whether it was viewed naked-eye or through a telescope." Photo details: 200mm and 400mm lens at f/5 with Fuji 400 ASA film
	Giampiero Mascelli, Rome, Italy May 14	#1, #2	Photo details: Nikon Coolpix 5000, 8 seconds exposure
	William Biscorner, Casco, Michigan May 14	#1, #2	W. Biscorner: "I spent all day anticipating the earthshine moon and Venus. The close-up is with a 500mm f/5 pro optic lens with a 2x tele-converter, 5 sec. Awesome!"
	Thierry Legault, Chateau de Versailles, France May 14	#1, #2	Photo details: Olympus E-10, 2s exposures.
	Philippe Mollet, 5 miles from Brussels, Belgium May 14	#1, #2	Photo details: ISO100, 5 sec. at f/4, focal lenght 21 mm
	Jimmy Westlake, Yampa, Colorado May 13	#1, #2, #3	J. Westlake: "The crescent Moon provided quite an exclamation point to an already fantastic twilight planet show!"
	Dennis Mammana, Chula Vista Marina in Southern California May 13	#1, more	D. Mammana: "From the Chula Vista Marina in Southern California I shot the planetary "alignment" with a Canon G2 digital camera.at dusk on Monday, May 13. Mercury's tough to spot, but it is there!"
	Stan Richard, near Des Moines, Iowa May 13	#1, #2, more	S. Richard: "I was at Saylorville Lake near Des Moines when I took these photos of the 4 planets with the new one-day-old crescent moon near the horizon. I used my Nikon 950 digital camera, 2 sec exp. on shutter priority mode."

• Jonathan Sabin of Ellenton, Florida, took this picture of Venus and the Moon on May 14th.
• On May 14th, Jim Young of the JPL/NASA/Table Mountain Observatory photographed two planets and a slender crescent Moon. Photo details: Minolta Dimage 7 camera at f/8 for 18 seconds at 100 ISO (tracking), at 340mm telephoto (equivalent focal length).
• Bob Colwell of Somersworth, NH, saw a lovely line of planets on May 15th.
• Becky Ramotowski saw this from her rooftop in San Antonio, Texas, on May 14th.