{"id":28630,"date":"2021-11-24T01:04:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T01:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=28630"},"modified":"2022-08-12T06:45:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T06:45:21","slug":"occultation","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/glossary\/occultation\/","title":{"rendered":"occultation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;occultation&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;An occultation is a complete obscuring of light by an object. In astronomy, it is the total(...)&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/glossary\/occultation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">occultation<\/a> is a complete obscuring of light by an object. In astronomy, it is the total block-out of light from a celestial body by another that has moved in front of it. &nbsp;A occultation by the <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;moon&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Moon&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt; (def): A natural satellite orbiting a planet or other celestial body. Earth has one moon,(...)&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/glossary\/moon\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>Moon<\/a> is when it appears to move in front of another object.<\/p>\n<p>By observing and timing&nbsp;<a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;lunar&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;lunar&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt; (def): of the Moon. Adjective.&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/glossary\/lunar\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>lunar<\/a> occultations, a backyard astronomer can contribute to science. See volunteer science opportunities and training at <a href=\"https:\/\/occultations.org\">IOTA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An occultation is a complete obscuring of light by an object. In astronomy, it is the total block-out of light from a celestial body by another that has moved in front of it. &#xA0;A occultation by the Moon &#x2026; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"occultation\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/glossary\/occultation\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about occultation\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/28630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/28630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}