NOTICE: This will be the last year that I produce worldwide planet occultations. I have been providing this service for 25+ years, spending countless hours each year. The process involves running the predictions, putting them into a spreadsheet, sorting and eliminating events which are either in very sparse locations, too close to the sun, or over oceans. I manually input the resulting data into this page, and then manually produce the corresponding prediction page. It is time to retire this method. Nothing more can be gained scientifically from observing these planet occultations, and are more "eye candy" than anything else. I therefore am going to try on a trial basis, produce predictions for individuals who request them and email those predictions to them. In order to do this I need three pieces of information: your longitude and latitude; the size of telescope you will be using, and your experience level. This will give you much more accurate times for events and produce fainter occultations for you to observe and report. You can email your request to: webmaster at lunar-occultations dot com. Depending on how many requests I receive, will depend on whether I will continue this method. You are encourage to download and install the free OCCULT software to produce your own local predictions. I wish to thank all those who supported me in this effort, found errors to correct, and provided events I missed. - Rob Robinson, VP of Occultation Services

There is probably little new information that can be learned from occultations of major planets events in this age of space exploration, but they are still interesting to watch. Photometric records, possibly derived from video recordings, could be used to determine the sizes of asteroids, although timings of occultations of stars by minor planets give more accurate information. - D. Dunham.

Below are world maps, showing all the events for the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto
The are no occultations of Jupiter or Uranus in 2025.

Following the world maps are detailed predictions for events which are practical to observe. No occultations predictions are given for remote areas, nor are occultation predictions shown if the planet is too close to the sun time of the occultation.

Observers are strongly encouraged to download the free software Occult v4 to generate their own predictions. Occult has a short tutorial listed in the help file to get observers started using the software. Observers could also use their own planetarium type software (e.g. TheSky, SkySafari, Guide, Stellarium, etc), to get approximate times of the events.

• Cyan - the curves of Occultation D or R at moonrise or moonset
• White continuous line - the northern and southern occultation limits (graze paths), with the event occurring in nighttime
• Blue continuous line - occultation limits, event in twilight
• Red dotted line - occultation limits, event in daylight

Where a line represent a feature of the event is located in the polar regions, remember that the Mercator projection gives rise to serious distortions in polar regions.

DD = disappearance on dark side; DB = disappearance on bright side; RD = Reappearance on dark side; RB = Reappearance on bright side

Note: Cities will be prefixed with their 2 letter country code. Those for the United States will also include the 2 letter state code after the city. For a complete listing of the 2 letter country codes used in the predictions please download this PDF file for reference.

How to convert the predicted time to your site location time using the A/B factor shown in the predictions

DATE	PLANET	MAG	PH	% ILL	AREA
04 Jan 2025	Saturn	1.1m	DD	25+	Europe
14 Jan 2025	Mars	-1.4m	DD	100-	USA, Mexico, se Canada, w Africa
01 Feb 2025	Saturn	1.1m	DD	9+	e Asia
09 Feb 2025	Mars	-0.8m	DD	92+	n Europe, n Asia
19 Sep 2025	Venus	-3.9m	RD	5-	n Canada, Greenland, Europ, nw Aprica, nw Asia