La Luna pasará frente a Venus en una rara ocultación en junio

Los observadores del cielo en partes de las Américas tendrán la oportunidad de ver a Venus desaparecer detrás de la Luna el 17 de junio. La ocultación lunar es uno de los varios eventos celestiales notables programados para este mes.

El evento, conocido como ocultación lunar, ocurrirá cuando la Luna pase directamente frente a Venus. Los observadores en Estados Unidos, Canadá, Brasil y Venezuela podrán ver a Venus desaparecer y reaparecer desde detrás de la Luna. Fuera de la estrecha trayectoria de la ocultación, muchos espectadores aún verán a la Luna y a Venus aparecer inusualmente cerca el uno del otro. El fenómeno podría ocurrir durante las horas diurnas en algunas ubicaciones. Venus y Júpiter también aparecerán cerca el uno del otro alrededor del 9 de junio, con Mercurio uniéndose a ellos del 11 al 15 de junio para formar una alineación de tres planetas después del atardecer. El solsticio de junio, el 21 de junio a la 1:24 a. m. (hora del Pacífico), marca el inicio del verano astronómico en el hemisferio norte.

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