At 12/1/2008 15:45 UT (12/1/2008 8:45 MDT) the Moon will occult Venus. Although not visible from the U.S., the following is a post from a newsgroup about a live webcast of the event from England at www.lunarobservers.com - Kurt =========== LIVE WEBCAST OF OCCULTATION OF VENUS 2008 DECEMBER 1 By Peter Grego Director, SPA Lunar Section (UK) Topographical Coordinator, BAA Lunar Section (UK) I'm conducting a live webcast of the occultation of Venus on the evening of December 1 on my website www.lunarobservers.com The first webcast is from 15:15-45 UT (immersion is at 15:40 UT), the second is from 17:00-17:30 UT (emergence is at 17:13 UT). Location: St Dennis, Cornwall, UK. The instrument will be a 102-mm achromat(Celestron NexStar 102 SLT), imaged afocally with a ToUcam PCVC740K. If the events are clouded out a real-time computer simulation of the occultation will be substituted. Best wishes, Peter