Lunar occultation of Jupiter, October 6th
a day ago
- The Moon will occult Jupiter, visible from parts of Africa and the Americas; a close conjunction will be visible more widely.
- Visibility maps and an animation show the occultation's path; the event is not visible from Kiev.
- A table lists over 40 countries and territories where the occultation is visible, with UTC time spans.
- Lunar occultations are only visible from a small fraction of Earth due to the Moon's large parallax, shifting its apparent position by up to two degrees.
- Jupiter's position at occultation is given: right ascension 09h31m00s, declination 15°20'N in Leo, magnitude -1.9.
- The event was computed using the DE440 ephemeris; related news includes Jupiter's retrograde motion and opposition dates.