Venus crescent phase about one month before or after inferior conjunction. Venus fades to about magnitude −3 when it is backlit by the Sun. The planet is bright enough to be seen in a clear midday sky and is more easily visible when the Sun is low on the horizon or setting. As an inferior planet, it always lies within about 47° of the Sun. Venus "overtakes" Earth every 584 days as it orbits the Sun. As it does so, it changes from the "Evening Star", visible after sunset, to the "Morning Star", visible before sunrise. Although Mercury, the other inferior
The Sky Is Crying (song) included on his 1986 album "Live Thorogood". Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded the song during the 1985 "Soul to Soul" sessions, but it was not released until the 1991 posthumous compilation "The Sky Is Crying". Gary Moore recorded it for his 1992 album "Blues Alive". A live version appears on Johnny Winter's "Live in NYC '97" album. In 1998, John Martyn recorded it on his album of covers "The Church with One Bell". Etta James recorded the song for her 2004 Grammy Award-winning "Blues to the Bone" album. Gary B.B. Coleman recorded the song for his 1992 album "Too Much Weekend".