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**Astronomy Picture of the Day**
10 November 2026
**Saturn Behind the Moon**
Image:
Credit: Roberto Ortu
Explanation: Explanation: Sometimes Saturn disappears. It doesn't really go away, of course -- it just disappears from our view when Earth's Moon moves in front. Such a Saturn ian eclipse, more formally called an occultation , was visible in early 2025 along a small swath of Earth -- from Greenland through central Europe and into northern Africa . The featured image is a digital fusion of three images, the first of just Saturn before it disappeared, and then two more of the Moon with different exposure lengths. The images were taken from Sardinia , Italy , after sunset. The bright dot near Saturn is not a moon of Saturn , but rather the star 85 Aquarii , which is further behind Saturn than Saturn is behind the Moon. The next time the Moon moves in front of Saturn, as visible from some place on Earth , will be in 2031. Tomorrow's picture: small but mighty
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"content": "**Astronomy Picture of the Day**\n\n10 November 2026\n\n**Saturn Behind the Moon**\n\nImage: https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/apod/apod/2026/november/Moonsaturn6_Ortu_2124.jpg\n\nCredit: Roberto Ortu\n\nExplanation: Explanation: Sometimes Saturn disappears. It doesn't really go away, of course -- it just disappears from our view when Earth's Moon moves in front. Such a Saturn ian eclipse, more formally called an occultation , was visible in early 2025 along a small swath of Earth -- from Greenland through central Europe and into northern Africa . The featured image is a digital fusion of three images, the first of just Saturn before it disappeared, and then two more of the Moon with different exposure lengths. The images were taken from Sardinia , Italy , after sunset. The bright dot near Saturn is not a moon of Saturn , but rather the star 85 Aquarii , which is further behind Saturn than Saturn is behind the Moon. The next time the Moon moves in front of Saturn, as visible from some place on Earth , will be in 2031. Tomorrow's picture: small but mighty\n\n#APOD #Saturn #MoonEclipse #Occultation #2025Astronomy #PlanetaryOccultation\n\nhttps://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-november-10-saturn-behind-the-moon/\n",
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