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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 57 min, dark sky Phoenix, US: disappearance only — the Moon sets first Auckland, NZ: misses — Venus passes 53.7′ from the limb Ciudad Juárez, MX: disappearance only — the Moon sets first Adelaide, AU: misses — Venus passes 65.9′ from the limb San Diego, US: hidden 57 min, dark sky Calgary, CA: disappearance only — the Moon sets first 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 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 -7.7 to -0.8 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.

CityVenus disappears (UTC)reappears (UTC)hiddenWhere to look
Calgary, CA02:00:17from 01:59:3303:06:43Moon has set66 min1° up (low) in the SW · dusk
Los Angeles, US02:21:18from 02:20:2303:22:30to 03:23:1861 min12° up (low) in the SW · dark sky
San Diego, US02:25:29from 02:24:3103:22:46to 03:23:3757 min11° up (low) in the SW · dark sky
Tijuana, MX02:26:10from 02:25:1303:22:45to 03:23:3657 min11° up (low) in the SW · dark sky
Phoenix, US02:31:10from 02:30:1603:22:24Moon has set51 min6° up (low) in the SW · dark sky
Ciudad Juárez, MX02:43:47from 02:42:3203:18:28Moon has set35 min1° up (low) in the WSW · dark sky
Brisbane, AUmisses — Venus passes 54.3′ from the limb at 00:5240° up in the E · daylight, Sun +67°
Melbourne, AUmisses — Venus passes 65.5′ from the limb at 00:5735° up in the E · daylight, Sun +56°
Perth, AUmisses — Venus passes 71.9′ from the limb at 00:417° up (low) in the ESE · daylight, Sun +37°
Sydney, AUmisses — Venus passes 60.1′ from the limb at 00:5740° up in the E · daylight, Sun +61°
All 2 other cities
CityVenus disappears (UTC)reappears (UTC)hiddenWhere to look
Adelaide, AUmisses — Venus passes 65.9′ from the limb at 00:5028° up in the E · daylight, Sun +54°
Auckland, NZmisses — Venus passes 53.7′ from the limb at 01:2764° up (high) in the ENE · daylight, Sun +55°

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 (21″ across) is included: partial contacts are the from/to times. The numbers behind this page: venus-2029-10-11.json. Generated 2026-09-14.