Fine Art Images from the American Southwest

Day: June 16, 2026

Lunar Occultation Venus. 06-16-2026

Hello from New Mexico. I hope everyone had a great week. Tomorrow there will be a celestial event happening, a Lunar Occultation of Venus. I’ve shot this event back in December 2015. Below are the images. It’s a daytime event that can be seen across north America and will occur in New Mexico on June 17, 2026 between 12:17 pm and 4:43 pm. Get your binoculars or long lenses and look for the crescent moon.

Weather permitting, I hope to get some good images and look forward to sharing them next week. Enjoy.

Lunar Occultation Venus
Venus and our moon.

Read more here from in-the-sky.org

Lunar Occultation of Venus about to happen
Lunar Occultation of Venus about to happen.
Lunar Occultation Venus hidden
Lunar Occultation Venus hidden.

Read more on space.com

End of the Lunar Occultation of Venus
End of the Lunar Occultation Venus.

There are other Lunar Occultations, here’s one of Mars from February 18, 2020

And another of the moon and Mars from February 01, 2023.

As always, thanks for looking. Thank you for sharing your comments and reflections on the “Lone Tree”. Have a great week. G