The Moon will pass in front of Venus, creating a lunar occultation visible from Asia and Africa.
Unfortunately the occultation will not be visible from Mountain View, though a close conjunction between the pair will be more widely visible.
The map below shows the visibility of the occultation across the world. Separate contours show where the disappearance of Venus is visible (shown in red), and where its reappearance is visible (shown in blue). Solid contours show where each event is likely to be visible through binoculars at a reasonable altitude in the sky. Dotted contours indicate where each event occurs above the horizon, but may not be visible due to the sky being too bright or the Moon being very close to the horizon.
Lunar occultation of Venus. A lunar occultation of Venus will occur in Hong Kong on 24 March 2023. Since the orbital plane of the Moon is very close to the orbital plane of the planets, when the Moon blocks the light from the planet, a lunar occultation event occurs.
