It's time for an occultation!
For those who live outside the zone of visibility of the lunar occultation, you'll still be able to witness the conjunction of the moon and Mars, as the two celestial bodies will share the same right ascension in an arrangement known as a conjunction. They'll also be making a close approach, known as an appulse.In-the-sky.org
. The duo will be visible from 12:10 p.m. EST until 3:23 a.m. EST , and they'll be able to fit within the field of view of a telescope. You'll also be able to see the pair with binoculars and the naked eye. As a 10-day-old moon in its waxing gibbous phase, its surface will be 74 percent illuminated from the perspective of. It will be quite bright with a magnitude of -12.3, while Mars will be significantly less bright at magnitude -0.3.
Both the moon and Mars will be less bright than they were during their last occultation, which occurred in
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