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Titan's Rare Transit Across Saturn: Don't Miss It!

9/20/2025

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Titan, Saturn's largest moon, will transit across the planet's disk on September 20, starting at 12:30 A.M. EDT and lasting nearly four hours.
Titan's crossing begins at 12:33 A.M., with its shadow appearing at 12:37 A.M.
The event ends with Titan exiting at 4:37 A.M. and the shadow departing at 4:04 A.M.
Other moons, including Tethys, Rhea, and Dione, will be visible, while Enceladus may be obscured.
This marks the second-to-last Titan shadow transit for over a decade, with the next one on October 6, 2025.

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Titan, Saturn's largest moon, will transit across the planet's disk on September 20, starting at 12:30 A.M. EDT and lasting nearly four hours.
Titan's crossing begins at 12:33 A.M., with its shadow appearing at 12:37 A.M.
The event ends with Titan exiting at 4:37 A.M. and the shadow departing at 4:04 A.M.
Other moons, including Tethys, Rhea, and Dione, will be visible, while Enceladus may be obscured.
This marks the second-to-last Titan shadow transit for over a decade, with the next one on October 6, 2025.