The lunar occultation of Uranus will be visible from Northern Europe, Northern Africa, and parts of Asia.
This event will be visible from Northern Europe, Northern Africa, and parts of Asia, but won't be observable from the U.S.
When observers in regions of our planet from which the lunar occultation of Uranus is visible see the ice giant disappear from the sky, observers on the opposite side of the planet will see the pair separated by as much as two degrees, a distance in the sky equivalent to four times the diameter of the full moon.
Amateur astronomers lucky enough to be located in a region of the planet from which the lunar occultation of Uranus is visible can watch the event with binoculars or a telescope.
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