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Occultation
In this July 1997 still frame captured from video, the bright star Aldebaran has just reappeared on the dark limb of the waning crescent moon in this predawn occultation.

An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer. A planet, for example, can pass in front of a star. Some occultations are eclipses. The word is often used in astronomy. It can also be used in a non-astronomical sense to describe when an object in the foreground occults (covers up) objects in the background.

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  • Moon-Mars Occultation 2021

    This 17 April 2021 time-lapse video of the Moon shows Mars reappearing on the bright limb of the crescent moon after the occultation of Mars by the Moon.

  • Saturn Occultation

    Occultation of the planet Saturn by the Moon on 3 November 2001.

  • OccultJupiter 6-7-2005 6-07PM Nelson NZ

    Jupiter (the bright object in the upper right) a few minutes before being occulted by the Moon on 16 June 2005

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Ocultación para niños

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