Most North America gets to see the Moon Blot Out Antares Thursday Night.
The August 25th Antares occultation favors most of North America at dusk. It’s still worth checking out the event even if you’re outside the footprint, as the Moon and Antares will make a nice pairing worldwide.Central conjunction for the event occurs on Friday, August 25at 2:06 Universal Time , which is currently six hours ahead of U.S. East Coast time. The Moon is 58% illuminated, waxing gibbous during the event, contrasting with +1st magnitude Antares.
Occultations during waxing phase are always particularly entrancing, as the dark limb of the Moon leads the way, obscuring the star or planet during ingress. Antares will return to view about an hour later during egress. Observers across northern Mexico and central Florida will be treated to an especially dramatic view, as Antaresof the Moon.
And Spica makes two. This is the first of 68 occultations of Antares by the Moon, running out to August 27, 2028. Spica joins the lunar occultation hit parade in 2024, with 20 events running out to November 17Antares is bright enough, that you’ll be able to see the occultation with the naked eye. Of course, binoculars or a telescope will certainly enhance the view. This sort of bright star event also lends itself to making a video recording of the occultation.
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