Watch With Me as the Moon Eats Venus Monday Morning!

Tomorrow morning, Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, people in the US, Canada, and Central America will see the Moon pass directly in front of Venus, blocking it out. This event -- called an occultation, but you can think of it as a sortof mini-eclipse -- is a pretty cool thing to see; it doesn't happen often and it's pretty entertaining. The Lunar Occultations site has a map showing who will be able to see the event. The time it happens depends on your location. Sky and Telescope has a list of times for ma...