You know, sort of like an eclipse?
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Yes. When the Moon blocks our view of Venus (or anything else) it is called an occultation. The next occultation of Venus by the Moon will occur on 2012 August 13, visible from eastern Asia, Japan, and North America.
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Yes
http://transit.savage-garden.org/en/occu…
"...During the eight millennium period 2 000 BC - 6 000 AD, Earth will experience 118 243 occultations of planets by Moon. The following table shows the number of times each planet is being occulted over this period.
Planet Number
Mercury 17 897
Saturn 17 496
Neptune 16 959
Mars 16 924
Jupiter 16 503
Uranus 16 244
Venus 16 220
There are a minimum of 1 and a maximum 51 occultations in every calendar year. Statistics for the number of occultation each year over the 8 000 year period you can find here. The only year with only one occultation is 4194. The only year with 51 occultations is 1146. ..."
http://transit.savage-garden.org/en/occu…
http://transit.savage-garden.org/en/occu…
"...During the eight millennium period 2 000 BC - 6 000 AD, Earth will experience 118 243 occultations of planets by Moon. The following table shows the number of times each planet is being occulted over this period.
Planet Number
Mercury 17 897
Saturn 17 496
Neptune 16 959
Mars 16 924
Jupiter 16 503
Uranus 16 244
Venus 16 220
There are a minimum of 1 and a maximum 51 occultations in every calendar year. Statistics for the number of occultation each year over the 8 000 year period you can find here. The only year with only one occultation is 4194. The only year with 51 occultations is 1146. ..."
http://transit.savage-garden.org/en/occu…
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Yes.
This is an example of the moon blocking both Venus and Jupiter at the same time.
"It is possible that the moon or another celestial body can occult multiple celestial bodies at the same time. Such events are extremely rare and can be seen only from a small part of the world. The last event of such type was on April 23, 1998 when the moon occulted Venus and Jupiter simultaneously for observers on Ascension Island."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occultation
This is an example of the moon blocking both Venus and Jupiter at the same time.
"It is possible that the moon or another celestial body can occult multiple celestial bodies at the same time. Such events are extremely rare and can be seen only from a small part of the world. The last event of such type was on April 23, 1998 when the moon occulted Venus and Jupiter simultaneously for observers on Ascension Island."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occultation
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This is called an occultation, and yes, the Moon's disk can block Venus. This happens fairly often.