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December 6, 2021 - A line-up of planets across the southwestern sky, consisting of (L to R): Jupiter, Saturn and Venus, with the 2.5-day-old waxing crescent moon in conjunction below Venus. The moon had eclipsed the Sun two days before on December 4, when it was on the ecliptic. Two days later it was below the ecliptic line. Jupiter and Saturn are in Capricornus, with its stars all visible here in the evening twilight. The three planets are nicely equally spaced. Such an array makes the ecliptic line visible. The location is overlooking the Bow River, on the Buffalo Rock Road on the Siksika Nation near Blackfoot Crossing, Alberta, Canada