{"id":1912,"date":"2026-04-30T20:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popastro.com\/main_spa1\/occultation\/?page_id=1912"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:08:50","slug":"lunar-occultation-predictions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/occultation\/lunar-occultation-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunar Occultations – May to June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Abbreviations<\/strong>: Mag: Visual magnitude. Phase: (R)eappearance, (D)isappearance or (G)raze at (D)ark or (B)right lunar limb. Alt: Altitude. The Moon\u2019s height. Az: The angular position along the horizon measured clockwise from true north (through E, S, W back to N). PA: Position Angle, measured anticlockwise from the direction of the celestial North Pole.<\/p>\n

Notes<\/h3>\n

There is only one event for this period, and this is the disappearance of the magnitude +5.4 star 79 Leonis at 22:18 UT on the 24th<\/sup> May. On a positive note, there will be a significant proportion of dark limb with which to block out the light from the remainder of the waxing gibbous Moon. So, this will be an ideal event for a first-time occultation observer.<\/p>\n

Share Your Observations<\/h3>\n

If you are successful in observing any of these events, then do please come and share your observation notes on the Popular Astronomy online forum at \/forum. Alternatively, email your observation notes to me via the email address occultation@popastro.com. You can also send me written notes via my address, which can be found at the back of the latest PA magazine.<\/p>\n

Join the SPA<\/h3>\n

If you have found this information useful, and would like to know more about what the SPA has to offer, or would like to join the society, then please follow the link to join the SPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

External Links<\/h3>\n

For more detailed information on contributing to the gathering of occultation timing data, please visit the website of the International Occultation Timing Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Abbreviations: Mag: Visual magnitude. Phase: (R)eappearance, (D)isappearance or (G)raze at (D)ark or (B)right lunar limb. Alt: Altitude. The Moon\u2019s height. Az: The angular position along the horizon measured clockwise from true north (through E, S, W back to N). PA:Read more<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1912","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t