A rare lunar occultation will occur on Feb. 2 when the moon passes directly in front of bright star Regulus as seen from a path through North America.

Regulus — also called Alpha Leonis — is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. The brightest star in the constellation Leo, this 1.4- magnitude blue-white star is both hotter and younger than the sun, though at just 79 light-years from the solar system, it's a relatively close neighbor.

It's the Full Moon.

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