Astronomy picture of the day

Explanation:
What if Saturn disappeared? Sometimes it does. It doesn’t really disappear, though; it just fades from view as our Moon moves in front of us. One such Saturn eclipse, more formally called an occultation, was visible just a few days ago across a long swath of Earth—from Peru across the Atlantic to Italy. The color image shown is a digital fusion of the clearest images taken during the event, rebalancing the color and relative brightness between the relatively dark Saturn and the comparatively bright Moon. Saturn and the comparatively bright Moon. The images were all taken just before the occultation in Breda, Catalonia, Spain. Eclipses of Saturn by our Moon will occur every month for the rest of the year. Each time, however, the fleeting event will be visible only to those with clear skies—and in the right location on Earth.