{"id":1087,"date":"2024-01-31T06:46:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T06:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/?page_id=1087"},"modified":"2024-01-31T06:57:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T06:57:57","slug":"lunar_occultation_observation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/lunar_occultation_observation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunar occultation observation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>IOTA\/EA provides prediction of lunar occultation, disseminates observation methods, and accepts observation reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/HeadOfLunarDepartment-1024x360.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/HeadOfLunarDepartment-1024x360.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/HeadOfLunarDepartment-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/HeadOfLunarDepartment-768x270.png 768w, https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/HeadOfLunarDepartment.png 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">What is Lunar occultation?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The moon moves around the celestial sphere with a period of about 27 days. During its motion, moon &nbsp;sometimes hides stars behind itself. These phenomena are called Lunar occultation. By observing these phenomena, we can determine and verify the relative positions of the Moon and stars precisely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">What is the grazing occultation?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the special case of the occultation, when the edge of the moon passes through a star as if it were snatched by it, the star is seen to be hidden and revealed several times by the mountains and valleys of the moon. By observing this phenomenon, called grazing occultation, we can precisely verify the position of the Moon in ecliptic latitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Inquiries and observation reports should be sent by e-mail to the following address.<\/strong><br><strong>lunar-report@iota-ea.org<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Report format<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astro-limovie.info\/jclo\/reportform\/ReportFormat1_0.txt\">https:\/\/astro-limovie.info\/jclo\/reportform\/ReportFormat1_0.txt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Lunar occultation prediction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/lunar_occultation_prediction_eastjapan\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1093\">Lunar occultation prediction for East Japan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/lunar_occultation_prediction_westjapan\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1083\">Lunar occultation prediction for West Japan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Related articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/lunar_occultation_history\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1077\">History and significance of Lunar occultation observation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IOTA\/EA provides prediction of lunar occultation, disseminates observation methods, and accepts observation reports. What is Lunar occultation? The moon moves around the celestial sphere with a period of about 27 days. During its motion, moon &nbsp;sometimes hides stars behind itself. These phenomena are called Lunar occultation. By observing these phenomena,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1087","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103,"href":"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087\/revisions\/1103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp\/iota-ea\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}