Mars & the Moon

The BH and I spent most of last night star gazing. The conjunction of Mars and the Moon was fantastic - the moon was SO bright!! We even saw the beehive cluster of stars sitting between the two. It's very unusual for us to be able to see these astronomical events, because it's usually too cloudy on the night, but last night was bright and clear overhead. One planet was so bright we thought it was a plane (the clouds around the area were moving quite quickly and gave the impression that the light was moving!).