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Bright Venus approaches the thin moon After this, in Okinawa and parts of Kyushu, “Venus eclipse” – Weather News

2023/03/24 19:21 Weather news

In northern Japan and parts of the East Sea, the thin Moon and Venus were seen shining close to each other in the western sky after sunset. In the photo taken in Yamagata City, you can see that the part of the moon that is not directly illuminated by the sun, “earthshine,” is also faintly captured.

The Moon and Venus will set in the early hours of the night, so the chance to see them is likely to be about two hours.

▼ Setting time on the 24th (Friday) (Tokyo)
Moon 20:46, Venus 20:48

Furthermore, after this, in some areas of Okinawa and Kyushu, there will be a “Venus eclipse” in which Venus will be hidden behind the Moon as seen from Earth. However, there are many clouds, so it will be difficult to see the eclipse of Venus.

Co-starring the fantastic Moon and Venus

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The Moon and Venus will set in the early hours of the night, so the chance to see them is likely to be about two hours.

▼ Setting time on the 24th (Friday) (Tokyo)
Moon 20:46, Venus 20:48

In some areas of Okinawa and Kyushu, there is also a “Venus eclipse”

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Area where Venus eclipse can be seen in southern Kyushu

Venus will be very close to the Moon, and Venus will be hidden behind the Moon in some areas of Okinawa, Amami, and Kyushu. A Venusian eclipse occurs when the Earth-Moon-Venus aligns in a straight line.

This time you can see Venus disappearing behind the moon’s dark outline.

However, this eclipse of Venus will occur very low in the sky just before the Moon and Venus set, so it will be difficult to observe it only in a location where you can see the horizon to the west.

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Venus eclipse appearance and time (Nagasaki and Naha)

Even in places where Venusian eclipses can be seen, there are places where Venus is completely hidden by the Moon, and there are places where only part of Venus is hidden by the Moon. Also, in many areas the Moon sets below the horizon before Venus emerges from the Moon.

■ Areas where you can see the whole process
[Goto]Start of infiltration: 21:13 (2.3 degrees)
Appearance end: 21:25 (0.3 degrees)

A region where only part of Venus is hidden by the moon
[Nagasaki]Start of infiltration: 21:18 (0.7 degrees)
Appearance end: 21:19 (0.5 degrees)

■ The area where the moon sets during the infiltration
【Amakusa】Infiltration start: 21:14 (1.1 degrees)
[Yaqian]Diving start: 21:16 (0.4 degrees)

■ Areas that can be seen until the end of infiltration (moon setting before appearance)
[Miyazaki]Start of infiltration: 21:12 (0.4 degrees)
[Kagoshima]Start of infiltration: 21:09 (1.4 degrees)
[Naha]Start of infiltration: 20:56 (4.8 degrees)

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Photo: Weather Report (posted from the Weather News app)

Reference materials, etc.

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan “Hoshizora Information” https://www.nao.ac.jp/astro/sky/

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