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  • Object:

  • Sun
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  • Mercury
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  • Mars
  • Jupiter
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  • Uranus
  • Neptune
  • Pluto
  • Ceres
  • Pallas
  • Juno
  • Vesta

  • Event type:

  • Eclipses
  • Meteor Showers
  • Aphelion & Perihelion
  • Conjunctions
  • Lunar Phenomena (phases, apogee, perigee, nodes)
  • Earth's Seasons
  • Oppositions & Quadratures
  • Greatest Elongations & Morning-Evening Status
  • Planet Finding: Constellations, Movement, & Morning-Evening Status
  • Transits
  • Jovian Satellites
  • Occultations

  • When one object passes in front of another, it's either called an eclipse or occultation. This page deals with the moon passing in front of bright stars, asteroids, and planets. These visibility maps were made with WinOccult 4. Alcyone is one of the stars in the Pleiades. Al Niyat and Antares are stars in Scorpio. Kaus Borealis is also known as the "bowstar" of Sagittarius.



    Occultations of Alcyone by the moon

  • October 7, 2009
  • November 4, 2009
  • December 1, 2009
  • December 29, 2009
  • January 25, 2010
  • February 21, 2010
  • March 21, 2010
  • April 17, 2010
  • July 8, 2010
  • August 4, 2010
  • September 1, 2010
  • September 28, 2010


  • Occultations of Al Niyat by the moon

  • October 21, 2009
  • November 17, 2009
  • December 15, 2009
  • January 11, 2010
  • February 7, 2010
  • March 6, 2010
  • April 3, 2010
  • April 30, 2010
  • May 28, 2010
  • June 24, 2010
  • July 21, 2010


  • Occultations of Antares by the moon

  • October 21, 2009
  • November 17, 2009
  • December 15, 2009
  • January 11, 2010
  • February 7, 2010


  • Occultations of Kaus Borealis by the moon

  • October 23, 2009
  • November 20, 2009
  • December 17, 2009
  • January 13, 2010
  • February 9, 2010
  • March 9, 2010


  • Occultations of Venus by the moon

  • May 16, 2010
  • September 11, 2010
  • November 5, 2010


  • Occultations of Mars by the moon

  • October 12, 2009
  • December 6, 2010


  • Occultations of Ceres by the moon

  • May 29, 2010
  • June 25, 2010


  • Occultations of Juno by the moon

  • November 1, 2010
  • November 29, 2010