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>Moon Occults Venus 19th of June 2020

In the morning hours of the 19th of June 2020 the Moon will occult Venus. It can be seen in large parts of central Europe and other regions of the world as can be seen in the following graphic. The red dotted line on the map is the southern limit of the occultation. South of this line the occultation can not be seen.


The graphic has been created by Occult program of IOTA.

From Berlin the view will be as follows:


The graphic has been generated by Carte du Ciel software.

Be careful if observing this event! Its only about 20 degrees away from the sun!!!!!


Costantino Sigismondi has written a nice proposal and background information for observation of this event with the title
>>>>>  Call for Observations of the Venus Lunar Graze on 19th of June 2020  <<<<<
It can be downloaded here!


For some major cities in Europe the contact times are as follows (calculated by OCCULT software):

The first phenomenon is the contact of the Moon with the dark limb of Venus, the second phenomenon is the contact of the lunar limb with the cusp of Venus. The next item is the contact with the bright Venus limb. The "Center" time is the contact time of the lunar limb with the center of Venus.
All times are in UTC!!!!

City       Phenomenon     Dark limb   Cusp   Bright limb     Center
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Paris      Disappearance   7 39 24   7 40 00   7 41 57      7 40 40
           Reappearance    8 36 30   8 36 51   8 39 12      8 37 51

Berlin     Disappearance   7 58 41   7 59 15   8 01 34      8 00 07
           Reappearance    8 53 24   8 53 43   8 56 21      8 54 53

Vienna     Disappearance   8 09 01   8 09 24   8 16 07      8 12 04
           Reappearance    8 37 14   8 37 18   8 43 26      8 40 20

Rome       Disappearance   7 52 56   7 53 20   7 58 01      7 56 28
           Reappearance    8 25 12   8 26 18   8 30 27      8 27 45

Madrid     Disappearance   7 24 30   7 24 58   7 27 48      7 26 09
           Reappearance    8 07 17   8 07 38   8 10 47      8 09 02
       
Lisbon     Disappearance   7 14 56   7 15 24   7 17 40      7 16 17
           Reappearance    8 01 56   8 03 11   8 04 53      8 03 24
       
Amsterdam  Disappearance   7 46 03   7 4642    7 48 25      7 47 14           
           Reappearance    8 47 17   8 47 43   8 49 47      8 48 31
          
Copenhagen Disappearance   7 59 08   7 59 47   8 01 33      8 00 21
           Reappearance    9 00 54   9 01 21   9 03 24      9 02 09
           
Warszaw    Disappearance   8 14 30   8 14 50   8 18 22      8 16 25
           Reappearance    8 57 43   8 57 55   9 01 38      8 59 41
           
Prague     Disappearance   8 01 40   8 02 09   8 06 20      8 03 30
           Reappearance    8 46 30   8 46 42   8 50 16      8 48 23