The Moon occults Venus — 30 November 2027
Lunar occultation of the planet Venus · Tuesday 30 November 2027 · World
The Moon hides Venus, but from no large city — the map shows where.
Where it can be seen
The gold line is the north limit: along it Venus grazes the Moon's northern edge. North of the line it is a near miss — from Santiago, CL Venus passes just 11.8′ outside the limb — and a graze seen from right on the line, Venus blinking in and out behind lunar mountains, is the finest view of all. The solid line is traced against the real lunar limb — LRO LOLA terrain, the mountains and valleys that are on the edge for this libration — and sits -2.6 to +1.9 km from the mean-sphere line (dotted).
The violet shading is where the Sun has set by the time of the event, so the reappearance happens in a darkening sky.
Tap the map to set your location; pinch it to zoom in. Take the graze line with you: KML for Google Earth / Maps · GPX for a phone GPS app.
At the Moon's edge
Venus's path across the Moon from your location — north up, east to the left as in binoculars. Times here are computed in your browser from the same ephemeris as the table, to the same ±2 s. Drag the slider to move it along its track.
Advanced · graze profile against the real lunar limb
For graze chasers. The lunar limb as it really is for your libration — LRO LOLA terrain, in km above and below the mean sphere — with Venus's track drawn across it six minutes either side of each contact. Where the track dips below the terrain, Venus is hidden; near a graze it blinks behind peaks.
City by city
Times are against the real lunar limb (LRO LOLA terrain at each city's own libration). Disappears is the moment Venus is fully hidden (its disc takes from the earlier time to slide in); reappears is when the first sliver returns. Where to look is the Moon's height above the horizon (0° is the horizon, 90° straight up) and compass direction at that moment, and whether the Sun is still up.
| City | Venus disappears (UTC) | reappears (UTC) | hidden | Where to look |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul, TR | misses — Venus passes 75.7′ from the limb at 15:45 | 5° up (low) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Kinshasa, CD | misses — Venus passes 48.1′ from the limb at 15:40 | 44° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +17° | ||
| Lagos, NG | misses — Venus passes 63.2′ from the limb at 15:24 | 49° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +27° | ||
| São Paulo, BR | misses — Venus passes 27.5′ from the limb at 11:25 | 16° up in the ESE · daylight, Sun +42° | ||
All 92 other cities
| City | Venus disappears (UTC) | reappears (UTC) | hidden | Where to look |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abidjan, CI | misses — Venus passes 65.7′ from the limb at 14:21 | 58° up in the S · daylight, Sun +47° | ||
| Abobo, CI | misses — Venus passes 65.8′ from the limb at 14:21 | 58° up in the S · daylight, Sun +47° | ||
| Abuja, NG | misses — Venus passes 62.9′ from the limb at 15:39 | 42° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +19° | ||
| Accra, GH | misses — Venus passes 64.3′ from the limb at 15:03 | 54° up in the SSW · daylight, Sun +35° | ||
| Adana, TR | misses — Venus passes 70.4′ from the limb at 15:53 | 2° up (low) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Addis Ababa, ET | misses — Venus passes 46.4′ from the limb at 16:05 | 12° up (low) in the WSW · dark sky | ||
| Aleppo, SY | misses — Venus passes 69.1′ from the limb at 15:54 | 1° up (low) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Alexandria, EG | misses — Venus passes 68.3′ from the limb at 15:58 | 8° up (low) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Algiers, DZ | misses — Venus passes 83.4′ from the limb at 15:05 | 24° up in the SSW · daylight, Sun +14° | ||
| Ankara, TR | misses — Venus passes 73.4′ from the limb at 15:48 | 2° up (low) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Antalya, TR | misses — Venus passes 72.2′ from the limb at 15:52 | 5° up (low) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Antananarivo, MG | misses — Venus passes 20.8′ from the limb at 15:38 | 22° up in the WSW · dusk | ||
| Asunción, PY | misses — Venus passes 22.1′ from the limb at 11:27 | 8° up (low) in the ESE · daylight, Sun +33° | ||
| Bamako, ML | misses — Venus passes 71.9′ from the limb at 13:03 | 47° up in the SSE · daylight, Sun +54° | ||
| Barcelona, ES | misses — Venus passes 85.8′ from the limb at 14:52 | 20° up in the SSW · daylight, Sun +13° | ||
| Beirut, LB | misses — Venus passes 68.0′ from the limb at 15:57 | 3° up (low) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Belo Horizonte, BR | misses — Venus passes 31.5′ from the limb at 11:21 | 16° up in the ESE · daylight, Sun +43° | ||
| Belém, BR | misses — Venus passes 45.1′ from the limb at 11:09 | 2° up (low) in the ESE · daylight, Sun +30° | ||
| Benin City, NG | misses — Venus passes 61.9′ from the limb at 15:32 | 46° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +24° | ||
| Berlin, DE | misses — Venus passes 86.8′ from the limb at 15:00 | 7° up (low) in the SSW · sunset twilight | ||
| Brasília, BR | misses — Venus passes 33.3′ from the limb at 11:17 | 10° up (low) in the ESE · daylight, Sun +37° | ||
| Brazzaville, CG | misses — Venus passes 48.2′ from the limb at 15:40 | 44° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +17° | ||
| Bucharest, RO | misses — Venus passes 78.9′ from the limb at 15:36 | 5° up (low) in the SW · dusk | ||
| Budapest, HU | misses — Venus passes 83.0′ from the limb at 15:22 | 7° up (low) in the SW · sunset twilight | ||
| Buenos Aires, AR | misses — Venus passes 15.1′ from the limb at 11:39 | 13° up (low) in the ESE · daylight, Sun +36° | ||
| Bursa, TR | misses — Venus passes 75.1′ from the limb at 15:46 | 5° up (low) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Cairo, EG | misses — Venus passes 66.9′ from the limb at 16:00 | 8° up (low) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Camayenne, GN | misses — Venus passes 68.4′ from the limb at 11:57 | 36° up in the SE · daylight, Sun +57° | ||
| Cape Town, ZA | misses — Venus passes 23.6′ from the limb at 14:41 | 62° up (high) in the W · daylight, Sun +35° | ||
| Casablanca, MA | misses — Venus passes 84.7′ from the limb at 13:47 | 29° up in the S · daylight, Sun +31° | ||
| Conakry, GN | misses — Venus passes 68.4′ from the limb at 11:57 | 36° up in the SE · daylight, Sun +57° | ||
| Curitiba, BR | misses — Venus passes 25.1′ from the limb at 11:26 | 15° up (low) in the ESE · daylight, Sun +40° | ||
| Córdoba, AR | misses — Venus passes 15.4′ from the limb at 11:36 | 7° up (low) in the ESE · daylight, Sun +30° | ||
| Dakar, SN | misses — Venus passes 71.3′ from the limb at 11:45 | 27° up in the SE · daylight, Sun +50° | ||
| Damascus, SY | misses — Venus passes 67.4′ from the limb at 15:57 | 3° up (low) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Dar es Salaam, TZ | misses — Venus passes 33.5′ from the limb at 15:53 | 21° up in the WSW · dusk | ||
| Douala, CM | misses — Venus passes 57.8′ from the limb at 15:40 | 44° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +19° | ||
| Durban, ZA | misses — Venus passes 20.9′ from the limb at 15:10 | 45° up in the W · daylight, Sun +18° | ||
| Fortaleza, BR | misses — Venus passes 47.3′ from the limb at 11:10 | 12° up (low) in the ESE · daylight, Sun +40° | ||
| Gaziantep, TR | misses — Venus passes 69.6′ from the limb at 15:53 | 0° up (low) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Giza, EG | misses — Venus passes 66.9′ from the limb at 16:00 | 8° up (low) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Goiânia, BR | misses — Venus passes 32.0′ from the limb at 11:17 | 9° up (low) in the ESE · daylight, Sun +36° | ||
| Hamburg, DE | misses — Venus passes 88.0′ from the limb at 14:50 | 7° up (low) in the SSW · daylight, Sun +1° | ||
| Harare, ZW | misses — Venus passes 29.4′ from the limb at 15:35 | 37° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +8° | ||
| Ibadan, NG | misses — Venus passes 63.6′ from the limb at 15:26 | 47° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +26° | ||
| Jeddah, SA | misses — Venus passes 56.5′ from the limb at 16:05 | 5° up (low) in the WSW · dark sky | ||
| Johannesburg, ZA | misses — Venus passes 24.9′ from the limb at 15:15 | 46° up in the W · daylight, Sun +18° | ||
| Kaduna, NG | misses — Venus passes 64.1′ from the limb at 15:40 | 41° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +18° | ||
| Kakamega, KE | misses — Venus passes 41.2′ from the limb at 16:00 | 21° up in the WSW · dusk | ||
| Kampala, UG | misses — Venus passes 42.4′ from the limb at 15:59 | 23° up in the WSW · sunset twilight | ||
| Kano, NG | misses — Venus passes 64.6′ from the limb at 15:43 | 38° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +16° | ||
| Kayseri, TR | misses — Venus passes 71.6′ from the limb at 15:51 | 1° up (low) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Khartoum, SD | misses — Venus passes 54.7′ from the limb at 16:06 | 14° up (low) in the WSW · dark sky | ||
| Konya, TR | misses — Venus passes 72.2′ from the limb at 15:51 | 4° up (low) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Kumasi, GH | misses — Venus passes 65.8′ from the limb at 14:53 | 55° up in the SSW · daylight, Sun +38° | ||
| Lomé, TG | misses — Venus passes 64.0′ from the limb at 15:13 | 52° up in the SSW · daylight, Sun +32° | ||
| London, GB | misses — Venus passes 89.6′ from the limb at 14:23 | 12° up (low) in the S · daylight, Sun +9° | ||
| Luanda, AO | misses — Venus passes 45.7′ from the limb at 15:29 | 51° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +23° | ||
| Lubumbashi, CD | misses — Venus passes 35.8′ from the limb at 15:43 | 36° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +8° | ||
| Lusaka, ZM | misses — Venus passes 32.6′ from the limb at 15:37 | 38° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +10° | ||
| Madinah, SA | misses — Venus passes 58.8′ from the limb at 16:04 | 4° up (low) in the WSW · dark sky | ||
| Madrid, ES | misses — Venus passes 86.9′ from the limb at 14:20 | 23° up in the S · daylight, Sun +20° | ||
| Makkah, SA | misses — Venus passes 56.2′ from the limb at 16:05 | 5° up (low) in the WSW · dark sky | ||
| Mbuji-Mayi, CD | misses — Venus passes 42.1′ from the limb at 15:48 | 36° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +8° | ||
| Milan, IT | misses — Venus passes 85.3′ from the limb at 15:07 | 14° up (low) in the SSW · daylight, Sun +4° | ||
| Mogadishu, SO | misses — Venus passes 37.6′ from the limb at 16:00 | 10° up (low) in the WSW · dark sky | ||
| Monrovia, LR | misses — Venus passes 66.6′ from the limb at 12:16 | 43° up in the SE · daylight, Sun +62° | ||
| Munich, DE | misses — Venus passes 85.7′ from the limb at 15:07 | 11° up (low) in the SSW · daylight, Sun +1° | ||
| N'Djamena, TD | misses — Venus passes 61.1′ from the limb at 15:55 | 32° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +8° | ||
| Nairobi, KE | misses — Venus passes 39.0′ from the limb at 15:59 | 20° up in the WSW · dusk | ||
| Niamey, NE | misses — Venus passes 69.1′ from the limb at 15:23 | 44° up in the SSW · daylight, Sun +25° | ||
| Omdurman, SD | misses — Venus passes 54.8′ from the limb at 16:06 | 14° up (low) in the WSW · dark sky | ||
| Onitsha, NG | misses — Venus passes 61.1′ from the limb at 15:35 | 45° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +22° | ||
| Ouagadougou, BF | misses — Venus passes 70.0′ from the limb at 15:00 | 49° up in the SSW · daylight, Sun +33° | ||
| Paris, FR | misses — Venus passes 88.4′ from the limb at 14:38 | 14° up (low) in the SSW · daylight, Sun +9° | ||
| Port Harcourt, NG | misses — Venus passes 59.9′ from the limb at 15:34 | 46° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +22° | ||
| Porto Alegre, BR | misses — Venus passes 20.9′ from the limb at 11:32 | 16° up in the ESE · daylight, Sun +40° | ||
| Pretoria, ZA | misses — Venus passes 25.1′ from the limb at 15:17 | 46° up in the W · daylight, Sun +18° | ||
| Rabat, MA | misses — Venus passes 84.8′ from the limb at 13:56 | 29° up in the S · daylight, Sun +29° | ||
| Recife, BR | misses — Venus passes 45.1′ from the limb at 11:14 | 18° up in the ESE · daylight, Sun +46° | ||
| Rio de Janeiro, BR | misses — Venus passes 29.4′ from the limb at 11:25 | 19° up in the ESE · daylight, Sun +45° | ||
| Rome, IT | misses — Venus passes 82.5′ from the limb at 15:23 | 14° up (low) in the SSW · daylight, Sun +2° | ||
| Salvador, BR | misses — Venus passes 39.5′ from the limb at 11:16 | 17° up in the ESE · daylight, Sun +45° | ||
| Sanaa, YE | misses — Venus passes 49.2′ from the limb at 16:05 | 4° up (low) in the WSW · dark sky | ||
| Santiago, CL | misses — Venus passes 11.8′ from the limb at 11:40 | 4° up (low) in the ESE · daylight, Sun +26° | ||
| Soweto, ZA | misses — Venus passes 24.9′ from the limb at 15:15 | 46° up in the W · daylight, Sun +18° | ||
| Stockholm, SE | misses — Venus passes 87.6′ from the limb at 14:51 | 0° up (low) in the SSW · dusk | ||
| Tripoli, LY | misses — Venus passes 77.0′ from the limb at 15:41 | 20° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +3° | ||
| Vienna, AT | misses — Venus passes 84.2′ from the limb at 15:16 | 8° up (low) in the SSW · sunset twilight | ||
| Warsaw, PL | misses — Venus passes 84.5′ from the limb at 15:13 | 4° up (low) in the SW · dusk | ||
| Yaoundé, CM | misses — Venus passes 56.7′ from the limb at 15:44 | 42° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +16° | ||
| İzmir, TR | misses — Venus passes 74.7′ from the limb at 15:48 | 7° up (low) in the SW · dusk | ||
How to watch
Method & accuracy
Positions from the JPL DE431 ephemeris (Skyfield), ΔT = 69.1 s. The city table's contact times and the solid limit line use the real lunar limb — the silhouette of LRO LOLA terrain (LDEM_64, ~0.5 km) at each observer's own libration — so they carry the mountains and valleys that a mean sphere misses (up to a few seconds at ordinary contacts, tens of seconds near a graze). The any-location solver in your browser and the shaded region still use the mean sphere of 1737.4 km (±2 s). Venus's own disc (12″ across) is included: partial contacts are the from/to times. The numbers behind this page: venus-2027-11-30.json. Generated 2026-09-14.