There is a lunar grazing occultation of a 6th magnitude star predicted on Thursday evening, April 11th visible in the Phoenix area (weather permitting). This is a northern limit graze, visible along and soiuth of a line crossing the south side of Gilbert, AZ (for instance). The limit line passes from NW to SE roughly paralleling the railroad tracks in the east part of the valley (and of course, extending across the state and the western U.S.). Observers along or slightly south of, within about 1-2 miles of the limit line may see the star wink in and out behind the mountains on the north limb (end) of the Moon, beginning at about 04:25 UT (21:25 local time MST). Observers north of the line will see the Moon pass by the star without an occultation, and observers farther south of the limit line will see a total occultation. The path of visiblity for the graze zone is only about 1-2 miles deep, and depends strongly upon the observer's exact position. For instance, the predicted limit passes across Gerry Rattley's house several blocks west of Gilbert Rd., next to Elliott Rd., but will miss the GRCO dome further east and north in Gilbert at the Riparian Water Park (near Guadelupe and Greenfield Roads), passing several miles south. More information is generally available on the IOTA web pages: http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/iotandx.htm Observers subscribing to IOTA services can receive annual prediction packages (lunar and asteroidal occultations) for their individual location. Gene Lucas (17250) -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.