Occultation of Venus by the Moon TODAY

[James Kaiser]

Folks - in case you haven't seen anything about this, here is an online
article about it from Sky & Telescope.

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/see-venus-disappear-in-broad-daylight-on-june-17th/

Looks as though the weather will cooperate. Good luck!

- Jim Kaiser

[James Kaiser]

The event occurs in the afternoon.

- Jim

[Gene Handler]

I see Venus! Easy in binocs & C8.


G.Handler

> On Jun 17, 2026, at 7:56 AM, James Kaiser <jkaise...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The event occurs in the afternoon.

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