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Keywords: conjunction, occultation
![Луна и Венера на рассвете](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2011/07/04/0001252714/mv2011Jun30_tezel900c.preview.jpg)
2.07.2011
Brilliant Venus and a thin crescent Moon stood together above the eastern horizon just before sunrise on June 30. The lovely celestial pairing is captured in this colorful twilight skyview overlooking a reservoir near Izmir, Turkey. For some, the close conjunction could be viewed as a daylight occultation.
![Луна встречается с Утренней звездой](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/08/24/0001269318/VenusLunarOcc_Kwon2012c900.preview.jpg)
24.08.2012
Rising in the dark hours before dawn, wandering Venus now shines as the brilliant morning star. Its close conjunction with the Moon on August 13 was appreciated around planet Earth. But skygazers in eastern...
![Хайку соединения](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/04/07/0001263325/IMG_2496zubenel900.preview.jpg)
7.04.2012
Sister planet stands together with sister stars. Celebrate the sky.
![Закат и четыре планеты](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/06/13/0001289015/20130525PlanetsKosIsland.preview.jpg)
13.06.2013
You can see four planets in this serene sunset image, created from a series of stacked digital exposures captured near dusk on May 25. The composite picture follows the trail of three of them...
![Луна и Сатурн](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/04/07/0001284569/saturnoccultation_hackmann_960.preview.jpg)
7.04.2013
Just days after sharing the western evening sky with Venus in 2007, the Moon moved on to Saturn - actually passing in front of the ringed planet Saturn when viewed in skies over Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia.
![Юпитер и спутники Земли](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/04/27/0001263910/MoonJupiterISS_Seip900.preview.jpg)
27.04.2012
Planet Earth has many moons. Its largest artifical moon, the International Space Station, streaks through this lovely skyview with clouds in silhouette against the fading light of a sunset. Captured from Stuttgart, Germany last Sunday, the frame also includes Earth's largest natural satellite 1.5 days after its New Moon phase.
![Луна встречается с Юпитером](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/07/20/0001267730/MJ_Fattinnanzi900.preview.jpg)
20.07.2012
Skygazers around planet Earth enjoyed the close encounter of planets and Moon in July 15's predawn skies. And while many saw bright Jupiter next to the slender, waning crescent, Europeans also...
![Венера и Семь Сестёр](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/04/06/0001263232/VenusM45-0012wEspenak.preview.jpg)
6.04.2012
After wandering about as far from the Sun on the sky as Venus can get, the brilliant evening star crossed paths with the Pleiades star cluster earlier this week. The beautiful conjunction was enjoyed by skygazers around the world. Taken on April 2, this celestial group photo captures the view from Portal, Arizona, USA.
![Торжественный финал на рассвете](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2011/06/06/0001252072/2011may31planets_argerich900.preview.jpg)
4.06.2011
After more than a month, the lovely lineup of four naked-eye planets in dawn skies is coming to a close. Still, on May 31st a slender Moon joined the grouping along the eastern horizon for a final celestial performance, presented in this early morning scene from a beach near Buenos Aires, Argentina.
![Затмевая кольца](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/03/16/0001221155/saturnOccultation_Lawrence720.preview.jpg)
16.03.2007
The March 3rd total lunar eclipse was widely viewed by denizens of planet Earth. But only a day before, well placed observers could also watch a lunar occultation of Saturn as the planet passed behind the nearly Full Moon.
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