'Smilies' form from Venus, Jupiter and the Moon

Venus and Jupiter are eyes, and the Moon is as lame as a smiling mouth, forming "Smilies" rarely seen in the sky of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province on the evening of July 18.

Venus, Jupiter and the Moon create a rare "Smiley Face"

Theo Ifeng, the scene takes place at 19h35 (local time) on the evening of July 18 in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province, southeast China.(Photo: People)

Venus is the left eye, Jupiter is the right eye, the crescent moon looks like a smiling mouth, forming a "Smiling face" shape.(Photo: CCTV)."The position of such planets in the sky has been more than 2,000 years ago," said Albert Limm, honorary president of the Singapore Astronomical Society."The crescent moon and the two bright planets are Venus and Jupiter with the closest position, forming a triangle in the western sky."

Chinese people are very interested in this phenomenon, take many photos and post them on social networks.(Photo: People)

The phenomenon takes about 20 minutes.(Photo: People).Jupiter is a giant and glowing planet in our sky during the spring.Venus is about the same size as the Earth, covered by a dense atmosphere of CO2, strongly reflecting sunlight.This makes it bright only after the Sun and the Moon.

The scene caught the attention of many netizens, after People Daily posted on Facebook. Photo: People
"Nature's smile," commented a man named Muhammad Yusuf.Another person, named Ranna, wrote, "It is rare!"

"Smiling face" is looking down on a building.(Photo: People)