The moon will turn full as Mars arrives at opposition to the sun, resulting in an almost perfect alignment in space of the sun, Earth, moon and Mars.
From Austin, for instance, the moon's slow eastward drift will take more than two minutes to completely cover, and later uncover the planet's disk — and even longer for those to the south and closer in to the northern limit of the graze path, where the moon's limb will approach at even more of a slant. . One might even refer to this upcoming event as an eclipse of the planet Mars.
An opportunity to see the moon occult a bright planet at night does not happen too often; for Mars for a specific location on Earth it happens once about every 14 years. So, if you are fortunate to live in the occultation zone and the weather gods cooperate, this upcoming event is one that really should not be missed.
Since Mars will be at opposition when it has its lunar rendezvous, it will be shining at its very brightest for this current apparition. Normally, even a bright star can be quite difficult to see when in such close proximity to the dazzling brilliance of a full moon. Yet, because Mars is as bright as it is , this spectacular vanishing act can be watched with just your unaided eye or binoculars, although the very best views will certainly be afforded with a telescope.
Table 1 provides the specific details for 27 selected cities in the United States and Canada. For times with an asterisk , the calendar date is Dec. 8.Table 1: Local viewing circumstances for the occultation of mars, Dec. 7-8, 2022
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