Get ready stargazers, a rare spectacle featuring Neptune will light up skies around the world. The Moon passes in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation that is visible from Africa, Asia, western Russia, and Europe.
This event is visible through a four-inch telescope from Ann Arbor. WED, 21 AUG 2024 FROM 15:59 EDT (19:59 UTC) TO 19:37 EDT (23:37 UTC) Dominic Ford, Editor From the Lunar Occultations feed
The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from Africa, Asia, western Russia and Europe. Although the occultation will only be visible across part of the world – because the Moon is so close to the Earth that its position in the sky varies by as much as two degrees across the world – a close conjunction between the pair will be more widely visible.