Van Gogh painted Starry Night sometime between June 12 and June 18, 1889, from the east-facing window of his room at Saint-Paul-de-Mausole lunatic asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise. The painting features rolling hills, a large cypress tree, a crescent moon and 10 bright stars in their correct positions, plus the planet Venus (near the horizon just above the small fork in the lower-right part of the cypress tree). The only imaginary element is the village. During the year he lived at the asylum, Van Gogh depicted the view from this window 23 times, at different times of the day and under various weather conditions, including sunrise, moonrise, sunshine-filled days, overcast days, windy days, and one day with rain.