December 10, 2010
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A Twilight Occultation
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APOD published December 10, 2010. Credit: Doug Zubenel. A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
A thin, one day old crescent Moon hugged the western horizon after sunset on Monday, December 6. The Moon also occulted or passed in front of Mars. But only some well-placed skygazers along a band through North America were able to catch this lunar occultation's final act in fading twilight. For example, this telephoto image nicely captures Mars as a pinprick of light, shortly after it emerged from behind the crescent Moon's sunlit edge. With a tangle of tree limbs in silhouette, the luminous skyview is from De Soto, Kansas in the central US. Of course, this month's upcoming total lunar eclipse will entertain a much wider audience of Moon enthusiasts during the night of December 20/21. Call for Security Camera Videos: Recent Fireball over the United Kingdom
Image credit: Doug Zubenel