Maak `n knoop in jou selfoon om hierdie okkultasie van Venus deur die maan nie mis te loop nie. Dit is in die dag en sal maklik met `n verkyker waargeneem kan word. Selfs met die blote oog. Venus verdwyn Saterdag 11 September om 14:29 agter die maan en verskyn dan weer om 15:47. Die sekelmaantjie gaan hoog in die hemel sit en daardie klein ligpuntjie naby hom is Venus. Sien onder vir meer spesifieke tye.
Times for the Free State
Bethlehem 2:36 pm 3:48 pm
Bloemfontein 2:29 pm 3:47 pm
Harrismith 2:38 pm 3:50 pm
Kroonstad 2:33 pm 3:45 pm
Parys 2:34 pm 3:43 pm
Smithfield 2:30 pm 3:50 pm
Northern Cape
Calvinia 2:14 pm 3:40 pm
De Aar 2:24 pm 3:46 pm
Hotazel 2:19 pm 3:37 pm
Kimberley 2:25 pm 3:44 pm
Springbok 2:08 pm 3:34 pm
Sutherland 2:18 pm 3:44 pm
Upington 2:15 pm 3:37 pm
- Besoek die Johannesburg Planetarium vir meer spesifieke tye in Suid Afrika
 
- So het dit in 2007 gelyk: Astronomy Picture of the Day
 
- Next good Venus-Moon occultation for us is March 2023.
Hier is meer inligting:
11 Sep - Occultation of Venus for E Brazil & S Africa (daytime)
Local Circumstances (Boyden Observatory - Bloemfontein)
Longitude =  26° 14' 31" E
                             Latitude =  29° 01' 18" S
                            Elevation = 1114m.
                 Greatest Occultation = 2010-Sep-11 13:08:05.6 UT
                             Altitude =  76.4°
                              Azimuth = 338.3°
            Calendar Date and Time          Planet           Sun     Limb
                Universal Time         Azi    Alt    PA      Alt      PA
 Universal Time Ingress    2010-Sep-11 12:29:18.8 d   18.6°  76.6°   88.0°   43.0°  295.3°
Egress     2010-Sep-11 13:47:08.7 b  309.3°  71.2°  328.4°   28.5°  295.2°
  Duration    77m 49.9s Graphic of disappearance and reappearance points  as seen from Boyden Observatory 
Graphic Source: TheSky6
 Click on images for a bigger view- Venus has phases like the moon
 - Wiki information
 - The Phases of Mercury and Venus
 -The Phases of Venus
 
