Moon Occults 2 Stars in Gemini - 2019 DEC 12-13

[CentaurZ]

The Moon just past full will occult (cover) the stars Eta Geminorum (Mag +3.3) and Mu Geminorum (Mag +2.9) during the night of 2019 DEC 12-13. Both events will be observable from most of North America, but only the former event for much of Europe.

The upcoming immersions will occur on the lunar dark limb and emersions on the bright limb. Any observers on a graze path can witness a star winking on and off as lunar hills and valleys pass by. Those between the two paths will see a full occultation.

I’ve created graze maps that can be seen below.

Photos and descriptions of the occultations would be welcome additions to this thread. If you would like specific occultation or graze predictions for your location, please reply to this post with your longitude, latitude, elevation and time zone.

 

 

 

Edited December 8, 2019 by CentaurZ