Occultation of Aldebaran

In tonight's astronomical news... the bright star Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus is covered by the waxing gibbous Moon, which is 82% illuminated and is four days from the first Full Moon of the year 2016 on January 24th... Here you can see Alderbaran as the faint dot to the left of the moon as it is about to be covered, as just seen from my backyard.

#evening #tuesday #january