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Astronomy Event Tomorrow Morning!

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doorgunnerjgs

Tomorrow morning, there will an occultation (eclipse) of Venus by the Moon over much of the U.S. and Canada.


It will not be occulted on the east coast or in the southeast (as far as west as Louisiana). See http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/42919767.html


This varies immensely by location so use the chart at http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets/0422venus.htm. The variation has to do not only with time zones, but also the diameter of the moon and it's apparent path from different locations. The chart is in UTC (or GMT) so for Eastern daylight timezone, subtract 4 hours, 5 hours for CDT, 6 hours for MDT, and 7 hours for PDT.


For Chicago , 12 hours, 45 minutes, and 8 seconds comes to 7:45:08 am, CDT start time, 13:26:25 becomes 8:26:25 am, CDT for the reappearance time.


Also note that the chart has TWO sections, one for disappearance time and the second section for reappearance time.

Comments (8)

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J-Cat·
where ya been!?
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Devonsangel·
Might have to check this out, thanks!
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pearly_54·
Ya, what J-Cat said!
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Maxxie·
Thank you!!
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Durty·
I am totally confused by all of those numbers! When will I be able to see it? Lol.
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doorgunnerjgs·
I've been hiding! My wife and I have also been taking care of our daughter's 4 kids on and off for almost a month!!!!! (We're getting too old for this crap).\r @Durty start watching at 5:00 am and watch for 4 or 5 hours (j/k)
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hilskie·
AHHHHH Freak....it's moving to over cast tomorrow...stupid northwest weather!
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doorgunnerjgs·
Well, unfortunately for me, the occultation occurred well after sunrise and the sky was just hazy enough that the thin crescent moon and Venus were not visible. Oh, well!