The beautiful dance of the Moon and Venus, captured on Twitter

Even in the screen age of Twitter, we can still go outdoors and gaze at wonder to the evening sky. The captivating pairing of the Moon and Venus in the early night sky, preserved in tweets.

Moon and Venus taken today after sunset... pic.twitter.com/5U6WrxqmwN
— news*lounge (@r3port3r) September 9, 2013

I think this is my best Moon & Venus pic. pic.twitter.com/r1iLgGpMGK
— Leonid Kruglyak (@leonidkruglyak) September 9, 2013

Moon occults Venus! RT @avd74: pic.twitter.com/pel7zFFIpA via @BadAstronomer
— Emily Lakdawalla (@elakdawalla) September 9, 2013

MT @cosmos4u: one could really follow Venus occultation live via Twitter: pic.twitter.com/WbOxDQavGF = before, pic.twitter.com/XDC9jaPLr2 = after.
— Emily Lakdawalla (@elakdawalla) September 9, 2013

Venus and Moon before occultation

Venus and Moon after occultation

@elakdawalla @avd74 @BadAstronomer look at the pic I got today. pic.twitter.com/8GEQXOD35T
— Kyle Cunningham (@TwoTimeFool) September 9, 2013

View from Fayetteville, NC of crescent moon & Venus just after sunset tonight. Thx Timothy Albert. #ncwx #scwx pic.twitter.com/d3iqlL6sG9
— Ed Piotrowski (@EdPiotrowski) September 9, 2013

The waxing crescent Moon in conjunction with Venus tonight pic.twitter.com/DWv47FGoaZ
— Jason Major (@JPMajor) September 8, 2013

Did you watch the Moon and Venus paired in the evening sky?