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# StarDate Susitna 08-12-2012
- URL: https://ktna.org/stardate-susitna-08-12-2012/
- Published: 2012-08-13T08:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-08-13T08:00:00.000Z
- Description: In this Earth and Beyond program, StarDate Susitna writer and producer Kathleen Fleming explains the activities of La Luna, increasing darkness, the Perseid meteor shower, and the occultation of
- Author: KTNA Staff
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

![](https://ktna.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/moon_occult_venus_2012rotated.jpg "moon_occult_venus_2012rotated")

This is an altered photo (turned 180 degrees) to give the idea of what you might see AFTER the occultation on Monday. Venus has just “popped” out from behind the non-illuminated right side of the Moon. Photo from a Canadian website, wildernessastronomy.com

In this Earth and Beyond program, StarDate Susitna writer and producer Kathleen Fleming explains the activities of La Luna, increasing darkness, the Perseid meteor shower, and the occultation of the crescent moon and Venus.