Venus & the Moon, Even Closer

So I went back down to the harbor this evening, after sunset, in hopes I could photograph Venus and the Moon again.  There were thin high clouds, so I didn't have much hope that I would see the two objects.   I started by photographing a brilliant red sunset and the sandbars as it got darker.  When it got too dark I started to leave and then I noticed that the clouds had thinned enough that I could see both the Moon and Venus!  And the icing on the cake was the fading light from the Sun illuminated the clouds, giving a lovely pastel sky.  So I quickly found something interesting to put in the foreground - this battered tree was perfect, and put on a 200mm lens and made this photograph.  Here, the separation of the Moon and Venus was only 5 degrees.  Tomorrow, the two will have switched positions, and the Moon will be on the left, Venus on the right, and the separation will be 9 degrees, so you have a good chance to see this magnificent conjunction!