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| A video capture of Jupiter-Moon occultation moment from 15.07.2012. |
There are 7 occultations in 2015, but only 6 of them are visible in Romania, because the other happens on during the day (except when the moon obscures the sun, a phenomenon called eclipse).
Here they are:
March 21, 2015 - Mars 0.6 ° N Moon at 22:13 GMT. Occultation.
June 15, 2015 - Mercury 0.0 ° N Moon at 02:26 GMT. Occultation.
July 19, 2015 - Venus 0.4 ° N Moon at 01:06 GMT. Occultation.
October 8, 2015 - Venus 0.7 ° N Moon at 20:32 GMT. Occultation.
October 11, 2015 - Mercury 1.0 ° N Moon at 12:00 GMT. Occultation.
December 6, 2015 - Mars 0.1 ° N Moon at 02:40 GMT. Occultation.
December 7, 2015 - Venus 0.7 ° N Moon at 16:55 GMT. Occultation.
What is an occultation?
The astronomical phenomenon when the Moon for example, hide behind it another celestial body .
See 2015 visible conjunctions.
See Full Calendar of 2015. 2015 Astronomy Calendar.
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