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See 2-day-old crescent Moon occult naked-eye star from western British Isles

22 January 2015 Ade Ashford

For those in the west of the British Isles, magnitude-4.2 star θ Aquarii slips behind the darkened limb of the 2-day-old Moon soon after 7:15 pm — an event visible in binoculars.