In the evening skies, viewers witnessed Mercury disappearing behind the young Moon during a rare lunar occultation, creating a brief, magical celestial event to remember #NASA #Planets #LunarOccultation #Space

#LunarOccultation of #M45 #ThePleiades 1 Apr '25. I photographed it from Preston, Lancs. Canon 1100D + Sigma 300mm zoom lens on a static tripod. I didn't stay out for the entire event but I've created a short video of what I did capture #WaxingCrescentMoon #Earthshine

A telescope, or minimally binoculars, will be needed to see the Pleiades given the light from the nearly-full Moon.

The occultation will take place from about 03h to 05h 30m UTC on Thursday, 4th December, from Britain and Ireland.

#PleiadesOccultation
#Pleiades
#LunarOccultation
#Moon

🌌Team Celestron member Thierry Legault captured the Lunar Occultation of Saturn on Jan 4th from Tarragona, Spain, using his C8 Edge HD.

✨ Bonus Detail: The star beside Saturn? That’s 85 Aquarius (magnitude 6.7)

#LunarOccultation #Saturn #CelestronEdgeHD #Astrophotography #TeamCelestron #85Aquarius

A year ago today, 21 Aug '24 I was up at stupid o'clock to image the #LunarOccultation of #Saturn. I was battling thin cloud, low altitude & dawn light so I was glad to have managed to get these images of Saturn's egress. I made a howler of ingress! #Moon #Occultation

Redirecting...

🌙✨ Rare celestial event tonight! Watch the Moon pass in front of Mars during a stunning lunar occultation, briefly hiding the Red Planet. Don’t miss this cosmic spectacle! 🔴 #Astronomy #LunarOccultation #Mars

www.facebook.com/share/1F6LCs...

Lunar Occultation of Pleiades on July 20: A Dawn Spectacle for North America "On July 20, 2025, a lunar occultation of the Pleiades will be visible across North America, coinciding with the Apollo 11 anniversary. Get your guide."

Celestial Hide-and-Seek: Moon to Occult Pleiades on Apollo 11 Anniversary – Your Guide to the July 20th Sky Spectacle

#LunarOccultation #Pleiades #SevenSisters #Stargazing #Astronomy #Apollo11 #FactRage #FactRageNews

tglm.us/aFgvH

🌘✨ Using a #C14, Andrew McCarthy journeyed to the top of #MaunaKea in #Hawaii to cross an item off his bucket list: capturing a #LunarOccultation of #Saturn. 🪐🌑 ⁠
⁠
What's on your astronomy #bucketlist?💫 ⁠
⁠
#Astrophotography #CelestronC14 #BucketListMoment #SolarSystemViews #AndrewMcCarthy

Time-lapse composite image of a lunar occultation of Mars on January 13, 2025, as seen from Richmond, Virginia. A full moon is shown with Mars' path appearing as a dotted orange line as it passes behind the moon.

Astronomy Picture from 18/01/2025

Full Moon, Full Mars

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250118.html


#LunarOccultation #Mars #FullMoon #CelestialEvent #Astronomy #Space #NightSky #January2025 #RichmondVA #TelescopicImage #PlanetaryConjunction #MoonMars

A stunning time-lapse sequence of telescopic images captures Saturn reappearing from behind the Moon's limb near Mare Crisium. The sequence, taken from the Powell Observatory in Kansas, shows the planet emerging over about 2 minutes during a lunar occultation on February 20th, 2024.

Astronomy Picture from 22/02/2002

Saturn at the Lunar Limb

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020222.html


#LunarOccultation #Saturn #Moon #CelestialEvent #Astronomy #Space #PowellObservatory #Kansas #NightSky #PlanetaryScience #FirstQuarterMoon #MareCrisium

A quick heads-up that tomorrow there is a #LunarOccultation of #M45 #thePleiades visible from the UK. The #CrescentMoon shouldn't overpower the cluster too much. If you have binoculars it will look even better!

Stunning close-up image of Mars reappearing from behind the full Moon, captured from San Diego on December 7th. The Red Planet is seen rising above the lunar surface near crater Abel, with the large Humboldt crater visible to the north. This spectacular shot showcases the bright Full Moon and Mars at opposition, requiring no exposure adjustments.

Astronomy Picture from 09/12/2022

Mars Rises above the Lunar Limb

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221209.html


#MarsOccultation #FullMoon #RedPlanet #LunarOccultation #SpacePhotography #Astrophotography #Mars #Moon #CelestialEvent #Astronomy #NightSky #December7 #SanDiego #TomGlenn

Composite image showing a lunar occultation of Saturn, with Saturn's rings clearly visible as it passes behind the Moon's limb. The image is a series of stills from a video taken near the occultation event, showing Saturn's position every 90 seconds, south is up. The brightness difference between the Moon and Saturn has been adjusted for clarity.

Astronomy Picture from 16/03/2007

Eclipsing the Rings

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070316.html


#LunarOccultation #Saturn #Moon #Astronomy #Space #Cosmology #CelestialEvent #PeteLawrence #Selsey #GrazingOccultation

Composite image sequence of a lunar occultation of Mars, as seen from Richmond, Virginia on January 13, 2025. The sequence shows the full moon with Mars appearing to move behind it, captured over several hours with a telescope. The red planet's path appears curved due to the moon's movement.

Astronomy Picture from 18/01/2025

Full Moon, Full Mars

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250118.html


#LunarOccultation #Mars #FullMoon #CelestialEvent #Astronomy #NightSky #Space #Planets #Jan2025 #RichmondVA #Timelapse

The lunar occultation of Mars on January 13, 2025. Shot from the northern hemisphere with a Nikon z5 & 600mm Sigma mirror lens.

On Monday, Mars moved behind the moon in a lunar occultation and allowed the chance to catch the two together on approach

#photography #astrophotography #amateurastro #Nikon #moon #mars #space #lunaroccultation

🪷 The unluckiest week of the year looms when the Moon "occults" (passes in front of) retrograde #Mars and the red planet is in 180-degree opposition to the Sun. Full details in your #Antinous #MoonMagic #astrology forecast: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/01/astr... #Occultation #LunarOccultation 🪷

A brightly lit Mars could be seen passing behind a full moon during a rare lunar occultation on Monday. A local man captured the video near San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower, saying it “looked like Mars was following the moon.” #salesforcetower #sanfrancisco #lunaroccultation #mars #abc7news

Short video showing clouds racing in front of the moon before the lunar occultation of Mars. This is what I mean when I say that I got lucky that the clouds thinned out before the event. Mars can be seen near the left bottom of our moon. #moon #mars #lunaroccultation #wolfmoon

Video of last night's lunar occultation of Mars. The video starts at about 2 ½ minutes before and after the occultation. The time during which Mars was behind our moon was removed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqx4... #astronomy #astrophotography #moon #mars #lunaroccultation #wolfmoon

Last night's before and after Full Moon Mars occultations at 9:15pm and 10:33 ET. Cool to see the moon disappear and re-appear with w/ the full wolf moon

#lunaroccultation #marsocultation #fullmoon #wolfmoon #maryland @capitalweather.bsky.social @spann.bsky.social #ThePhotoHour #stormhour #nikonz8

Photos of the “before” and “after” of tonight's lunar occultation of Mars. The small spot of light in the photos is Mars (left side of moon in first photo, above the moon in second photo). Will post video tomorrow. #astronomy #astrophotography #moon #mars #lunaroccultation #wolfmoon

Photo of the lunar occultation of mars in progress. A mars, a tiny, red dot at the bottom edge of the moon, is about to pass behind the moon.

Popped outside to watch the lunar occultation of mars through my camera and snapped a few frames as well. The tiny red dot near the bottom of the moon is mars!

#astronomy #astrophotography #moon #mars #lunaroccultation #space #sciart #wolfmoon

A meme that showcases a series of celestial spectacles on the left hand side, while the right hand side is captioned Southern Ontario with complete cloud coverage. The four left side panels are Look everyone! A total solar eclipse Look everyone! Aurora Borealis Look everyone! A Never-Before-Seen Comet Look everyone! Lunar Occultation of Mars

Everyone in Southern Ontario right now trying to see the #lunaroccultation - adapted the template from @iweatheron.bsky.social because it's perfect.

I am not going to get any pictures but i definitely see Mars close to the Moon here in #Wilmington #Delaware . #lunaroccultation

Watch the Full Wolf Moon will eclipse Mars Monday night A rare planetary lunar occultation will be visible across most of the U.S.

The Moon will slide in front of Mars Monday night creating a #lunaroccultation. You'll be amazed by how fast it happens and it's a good opportunity to look for some of the Moon's features visible with the naked eye, and where the Apollo missions landed. Read more at #wral wral.com/21804882

Since it's monsoon here, so no chance for any stargazing.
Here, a throwback when the moon occults the Antares on April 27, 2024.

#lunaroccultation