NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day Highlights Moon-Venus Daytime Occultation
The September 15, 2026 APOD entry features an image described as showing the Moon passing in front of Venus during daylight hours.
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) website featured an image on September 15, 2026, titled "A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus," according to the publication.
APOD is a long-running project that publishes a different astronomical image or photograph each day, accompanied by a short explanation written by a professional astronomer, according to the site.
The September 15 entry depicts an occultation, an event in which the Moon passes directly in front of another celestial body—in this case Venus—temporarily blocking it from view as seen from Earth, according to the description provided with the image.
The source material available for this entry was limited to the title and brief navigational text from the APOD website, including references to its archive, submissions, index, search and calendar features. No further details about the photographer, exact viewing location, or technical circumstances of the occultation were included in the available material.
APOD has been produced in collaboration with NASA and is widely used by amateur and professional astronomers as a daily resource for astronomical imagery and commentary, according to the site.
Sources
- APOD: 2026 September 15 – A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus — NASA Breaking News
EGazette summarizes reporting from multiple sources; follow the links for the originals.
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