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Moon occults Venus in rare daytime eclipse captured over France

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day features a single exposure showing the Moon passing in front of Venus, both in crescent phase, seen from Cessy, France.

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What to know

  • A lunar occultation of Venus on September 14, 2026 was visible from only about 10 percent of Earth's surface, mostly during daytime.
  • The featured NASA image, taken over Cessy, France, shows both the Moon (about 10% illuminated) and Venus (about 25% illuminated) in crescent phase.
  • NASA notes its APOD site is migrating from apod.nasa.gov to science.nasa.gov/apod.

“Venus appeared brighter because it is nearer the Sun and because its clouds are more reflective than the dark lunar surface.”

NASA APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day editorial team · science.nasa.gov · Sep 14

Arnaud Mariat AstrophotographerNASA APOD Publisher of the Astronomy Picture of the Day

Moon occults Venus in rare daytime eclipse captured over France
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How it unfolded 3 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesposts

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  1. 3

    Astronomy social accounts share the image further

    An astronomy-focused Bluesky account reposted the APOD title, date, and photo credit to its followers.

    “Astronomy Picture Of the Day - APOD Title: A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus Date: 2026-09-15 Image by: Arnaud Mariat…”
    — astronomybot.bsky.social
    • astronomybot.bsky.social

      Astronomy Picture Of the Day - APOD Title: A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus Date: 2026-09-15 Image by: Arnaud Mariat #APOD #NASA

      astronomybot.bsky.socialBluesky8d ago35▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    Mirage News syndicates the APOD writeup

    The NASA image and explanation were picked up and republished via Google News aggregation.

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    NASA features the occultation as its Astronomy Picture of the Day

    NASA's APOD published Arnaud Mariat's single exposure capturing both the Moon and Venus in crescent phase, explaining why Venus appeared brighter despite its smaller illuminated fraction.

    “An occultation of Venus by the Moon is visible to only about 10 percent of the Earth, but in yesterday's event even most of that was experiencing daytime.”
    — NASA APOD
  4. background

    Moon occults Venus above Cessy, France — The Moon passed in front of Venus in a daytime occultation visible from the small French village of Cessy, with the Moon showing about 10 percent illumination and Venus about 25 percent.

Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet

  1. 2 outlets APOD: 2026 September 19 – A Zodiacal Night

    first by NASA, 5d ago · also NASA breaking

  2. 2 outlets APOD: 2026 September 15 – A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus

    first by NASA breaking, 9d ago · also NASA

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