Saturn Lunar Occultation Through A Telescope - 01/05/2025

The Moon is creating a lunar occultation of Saturn, visible from Europe, Africa, western Russia, and eastern Greenland, and is being seen through a telescope in Castelvecchio Calvisio, L’Aquila, Italy, on January 4, 2025. Lunar occultations are relatively rare events where the Moon passes directly between Earth and another celestial object, temporarily obscuring it from view. This particular occultation is offering a unique opportunity to observe the "ringed planet" disappearing behind the Moon and reemerging later.