Moon Occults Antares 2024 MAR 03

[CentaurZ]

A Waning Half Moon will occult (cover) magnitude +0.9 Antares in Scorpius during the post-midnight hours of 2024 MAR 03 for observers in eastern North America and northern South America.

The immersion will occur on the lunar bright limb, with emersion from the dark limb. Lucky observers on one of the graze paths can witness the star passing through lunar hills and valleys. Those between the paths will see a full occultation.

For observers at Chicago’s Adler Planetarium, the emersion will occur at 01:21:30 CST while the Moon has begun rising over Lake Michigan. The immersion at 01:45:46 CST will occur with Antares 3.8˚ above the horizon.

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 February 24 by CentaurZ