Venus was photographed as it disappeared behind the Moon at the start of an occultation on June 17, 2026, from the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA published the image with its image article on September 4, 2026, crediting NASA/Joel Kowsky.

According to NASA, skywatchers across the United States and parts of Canada saw a daytime lunar occultation of Venus that Wednesday. The Moon passed in front of Venus for the first of three occultations that year, briefly hiding it from view.

NASA noted two later opportunities to see Venus disappear behind the Moon in 2026: September 14, visible from parts of Asia, Africa, Europe and western Russia, and November 7, visible from southern South America. Both were reported as upcoming at the time of the September 4 article.