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Moon Hides Venus Tuesday

Posted by timothy on from the elusive-just-like-real-life dept.

mgarraha writes: "Sky and Telescope reports that the crescent Moon will pass directly in front of Venus during the daytime Tuesday for observers in North America. S&T also has a table of Venus disappearance and reappearance times for many locations. Venus is about 40 degrees away from the Sun and will be hidden for about an hour."

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  1. When the Moon eclipses the Sun... by SIGFPE · · Score: 2
    ...it's a really cool event. The apparent radius of the the Sun is slightly larger than that of the Moon and so you get all sorts of exciting visual phenomena. The sky goes dark, you get to see the profile of mountain ranges on the moon and even the Sun's corona.

    When Venus is eclipsed by the Moon you can't see it any more. Newsworthy huh?

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  2. CRAP! by Gannoc · · Score: 2
    Man, I wish i'd read this before my Venus watching party last Monday was TOTALLY RUINED.

    Thanks for nothing, /.