The appearance of Spica was very beautiful, because the Moon was thin and the earthshine was obvious. Spica's icy blue-white color contrasted with the Moon's yellowish white.
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In contrast, occultations are dynamic phenomena that provide a startling demonstration of orbital motion. If you want to getfull value from your telescope, make room in your schedule to watch some of these remarkable events. Even more satisfying is timing them, a simple process that most observers can do. A lunar occultation takes place when the Moon's edge creeps up to a star and suddenly snuffs it out. The star reappears just as suddenly on the Moon's opposite side up to an hour or more later.