{"id":787640,"date":"2024-08-22T08:32:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T13:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=787640"},"modified":"2024-08-22T08:32:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T13:32:50","slug":"moon-and-saturn-close-together-this-week-see-the-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=787640","title":{"rendered":"Moon and Saturn close together this week. See the images!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Moon Blots Saturn from Sky\" width=\"1110\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZwRW1Ia3v2E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On August 20, 2024, for all of us around the globe, the moon was up by about an hour after sunset and hung near Saturn in the sky. It occulted \u2013 or passed in front of \u2013 Saturn for observers from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and Europe at 3 UTC on August 21. Enjoy this gallery from our talented community of photographers. Also, notice the moon\u2019s brightness. It looks so bright because it was just one day past Monday\u2019s supermoon! For more sky events, visit EarthSky\u2019s night sky guide or watch a 1-minute video about the moon and Saturn. And on the topic of Saturn \u2026 did you know its rings are disappearing?<\/p>\n<h3>Images of the occultation<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_484477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-484477\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-484477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View at EarthSky Community photos. | Egidio Vergani of Italy shared this image of the moon and Saturn and wrote: \u201cSaturn goes behind the moon. The moment in which the ringed planet hides behind our satellite to reappear after about an hour. The wonder of an occultation taken from Milan on August 21, 2024, at 4.30 am.\u201d Thank you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_484474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-484474\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2024\/08\/Moon-Saturn_Egidio-Vergani_Italy_21Aug2024-e1724312357602.jpg\" alt=\"Moon and Satur: Top left of a dark gray sphere. There is a small, brownish sphere to its left that has a ring around.\" width=\"800\" height=\"597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-484474\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-484474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View at EarthSky Community photos. | Egidio Vergani also captured this image, at 5:30 am, and wrote: \u201cExciting occultation of Saturn by the moon.\u201d Thank you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_484479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-484479\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2024\/08\/Saturn-occultation-moon_Makrem-Larnaout_Tunisia_21Aug2024-e1724313832894.jpg\" alt=\"Top left of a gray sphere with some dark gray areas. There is a small, brownish sphere to its left that has a ring around.\" width=\"800\" height=\"734\" class=\"size-full wp-image-484479\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-484479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View at EarthSky Community photos. | Makrem Larnaout from Tunisia shared this image and wrote: \u201cThe moon is presented as a 12-panel mosaic, each panel composed of 10% of 2K frames. Saturn was meticulously processed using 8 x 5K video captures, with 35% of the frames stacked and derotated to match the exact time, with the last capture just before ingress. The final composition is a single 15ms exposure taken during the event.\u201d Thank you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_484481\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-484481\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2024\/08\/lunar-occultation-Saturn_Roberto-Ortu_Italy_21Aug2024-e1724314179862.jpg\" alt=\"Whitish top left of a sphere. There is a faint sphere with a ring to its left side.\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" class=\"size-full wp-image-484481\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-484481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View at EarthSky Community photos. | Roberto Ortu from Cabras, Italy, captured this image and wrote: \u201cOn the morning of August 21, 2024, at 5:31 local time, the occultation of Saturn by the moon occurred. This is an image of me taken from a video in which the lunar rim and the planet were almost \u201cin contact\u201d just before the beginning of the phenomenon. You can see the great difference in brightness and apparent size of the 2 celestial bodies, with Saturn being many times larger but also vastly more distant than our satellite. The event lasted about an hour.\u201d Thank you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Images of the moon and Saturn<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_484483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-484483\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2024\/08\/Moon-and-Saturn_Felton-Davis_NYC_20Aug2024-e1724314679489.png\" alt=\"Bright white sphere with some darker areas in the middle. There is a small dot above the sphere.\" width=\"650\" height=\"748\" class=\"size-full wp-image-484483\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-484483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View at EarthSky Community photos. | Felton Davis also photographed the moon and Saturn from New York City, but from that location, the occultation wasn\u2019t visible. Felton wrote: \u201cCellphone photo through an 8-inch Orion reflector, cropped but not touched up. Saturn remained 1 degree from the moon, there was no occultation.\u201d Thank you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_484485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-484485\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2024\/08\/moon-Saturn_Steven-Sweet_Canada_20Aug2024.png\" alt=\"Top right of a white, bright sphere with a big, dark area close to the edge. There is a small dot at the top of the image.\" width=\"584\" height=\"882\" class=\"size-full wp-image-484485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2024\/08\/moon-Saturn_Steven-Sweet_Canada_20Aug2024.png 584w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2024\/08\/moon-Saturn_Steven-Sweet_Canada_20Aug2024-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-484485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View at EarthSky Community photos. | Steven Sweet from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, captured Saturn above the moon\u2019s Mare Crisium. Thank you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_484487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-484487\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2024\/08\/moon-Saturn_Chuck-Reinhart_Indiana_20Aug2024-e1724315423230.png\" alt=\"Pale white sphere with some dark areas and a small dot in the distance, to the top right of the image.\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" class=\"size-full wp-image-484487\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-484487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View at EarthSky Community photos. | Chuck Reinhart from Vincennes, Indiana, wrote: \u201cI increased the exposure in one photo to highlight Saturn and then decreased the exposure in the same photo to show the details of the moon.\u201d Thank you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_484488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-484488\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2024\/08\/Moon-Saturn_John-Van-Allen_Dominican-Republic_20Aug2024-e1724315821316.jpg\" alt=\"Wrinkled surface at bottom right. A brown sphere with a ring around it at top left.\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" class=\"size-full wp-image-484488\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-484488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View at EarthSky Community photos. | John Van Allen from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, captured this image and wrote: \u201cThis was the best of about 20 tries by hand.\u201d Thank you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bottom line: Did you miss the moon and Saturn close together on August 20, 2024? Here\u2019s a gallery full of images of the event.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cp-load-after-post\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post-author\">\n<h4>Cristina Ortiz<\/h4>\n<p>                    View Articles\n                  <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-tags\">\n<h6 data-udy-fe=\"text_7c58270d\">About the Author:<\/h6>\n<p>Cristina Ortiz &#8211; based in Granada, Spain &#8211; has been an EarthSky editor since 2021. &#8220;Since I was a kid,&#8221; she says, &#8220;I could feel that passion for science and communication.&#8221; Cristina has a master\u2019s degree in translation and interpreting, specializing in science and technology. She has served as a translator, interpreter and proofreader in both science and technology for various media organizations, including Netflix, and for museums and other companies.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/space\/moon-and-saturn-close-together-this-week-see-the-images\/?rand=772280\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 20, 2024, for all of us around the globe, the moon was up by about an hour after sunset and hung near Saturn in the sky. 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