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The Moon occults Venus — 11 October 2029

Lunar occultation of the planet Venus · Thursday 11 October 2029 · World

Watch from (UTC)
01:59 – 03:23
6 of 12 listed cities see it
Venus hidden for
up to 66 min
Calgary, CA, 66 min

The Moon hides Venus for up to 66 minutes, in a dark sky. 6 of the world's big cities see it; Auckland, NZ misses by 53.7′.

Closest approach 01:43 UTC (geocentric, 0.86° centre to centre) · Moon 3.3 days old, 15% lit, 46° from the Sun

Where it can be seen

Sydney, AU: misses — Venus passes 60.1′ from the limb Melbourne, AU: misses — Venus passes 65.5′ from the limb Los Angeles, US: hidden 61 min, dark sky Brisbane, AU: misses — Venus passes 54.3′ from the limb Perth, AU: misses — Venus passes 71.9′ from the limb Tijuana, MX: hidden 56 min, dark sky Phoenix, US: hidden 51 min, dark sky Auckland, NZ: misses — Venus passes 53.7′ from the limb Ciudad Juárez, MX: hidden 34 min, dark sky Adelaide, AU: misses — Venus passes 65.9′ from the limb San Diego, US: hidden 57 min, dark sky Calgary, CA: hidden 66 min, dusk Sydney, AU Melbourne, AU Los Angeles, US Brisbane, AU Perth, AU Tijuana, MX Phoenix, US Ciudad Juárez, MX San Diego, US Calgary, CA
sees the occultation after sunset graze limit city sees it near miss

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 Auckland, NZ Venus passes just 53.7′ 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 violet shading is where the Sun has set by the time of the event, so the reappearance happens in a darkening sky.

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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.

City by city

Times are for the Moon's mean limb; the real limb's mountains and valleys shift each contact by up to a couple of seconds. 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.

CityVenus disappears (UTC)reappears (UTC)hiddenMoon alt.Sky
Calgary, CA02:00:19from 01:59:3403:06:40to 03:07:2266 min+1°dusk
Los Angeles, US02:21:20from 02:20:2603:22:30to 03:23:1861 min+12°dark sky
San Diego, US02:25:31from 02:24:3503:22:45to 03:23:3657 min+11°dark sky
Tijuana, MX02:26:12from 02:25:1503:22:44to 03:23:3656 min+11°dark sky
Phoenix, US02:31:14from 02:30:1703:22:23to 03:23:1551 min+6°dark sky
Ciudad Juárez, MX02:43:57from 02:42:4203:18:24to 03:19:3434 min+1°dark sky
Brisbane, AUmisses — Venus passes 54.3′ from the limb at 00:52+40°daylight, Sun +67°
Melbourne, AUmisses — Venus passes 65.5′ from the limb at 00:57+35°daylight, Sun +56°
Perth, AUmisses — Venus passes 71.9′ from the limb at 00:41+7°daylight, Sun +37°
Sydney, AUmisses — Venus passes 60.1′ from the limb at 00:57+40°daylight, Sun +61°
All 2 other cities
CityVenus disappears (UTC)reappears (UTC)hiddenMoon alt.Sky
Adelaide, AUmisses — Venus passes 65.9′ from the limb at 00:50+28°daylight, Sun +54°
Auckland, NZmisses — Venus passes 53.7′ from the limb at 01:27+64°daylight, Sun +55°

How to watch

Method & accuracy

Positions from the JPL DE431 ephemeris (Skyfield), ΔT = 69.1 s, the Moon as a sphere of mean radius 1737.4 km — contact times are therefore ±2 s or so against the true, mountainous limb, and the limit line is drawn from a 1.0° grid (≈10 km). Venus's own disc (21″ across) is included: partial contacts are the from/to times. The numbers behind this page: venus-2029-10-11.json. Generated 2026-09-11.