{"id":848513,"date":"2026-09-15T10:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T10:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/848513\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T10:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T10:34:11","slug":"apod-2026-september-15-a-daytime-eclipse-moon-occults-venus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/848513\/","title":{"rendered":"APOD: 2026 September 15 – A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThere was something behind the clouds. Upon close inspection, it was the Moon<\/a>, which was hard to see yesterday around noon above the small village of Cessy<\/a>, France<\/a>. But soon, it was not only the Moon<\/a>. As expected, a bright dot suddenly appeared from behind the Moon — the planet Venus<\/a> far in the distance. Captured in the single featured exposure<\/a>, both appeared to show a crescent<\/a> phase. The Moon’s crescent<\/a> was quite slight — with only about 10 percent of its face illuminated by the Sun<\/a>. In contrast, Venus’s crescent<\/a> was more full — showing about 25 percent illumination. Venus appeared brighter because it is nearer the Sun and because its clouds<\/a> are more reflective than the dark lunar surface<\/a>. An occultation<\/a> of Venus by the Moon<\/a> is visible to only about 10 percent of the Earth<\/a>, but in yesterday’s event even most of that was experiencing daytime<\/a>.<\/p>\n

APOD’s main NASA site is moving<\/a>: From apod.nasa.gov<\/a> to science.nasa.gov\/apod<\/a>
Tomorrow’s picture: galactic eye\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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