Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will culminate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.
Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again. No equipment is necessary to observe Mars closer than has any human in the past 59,619 years.
EARTH AND TWO MOONS-Aug 27th
Subject: Two moons on 27 August?
Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August.
It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will
culminate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of earth. Be
sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has
2 moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.
Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it
again. No equipment is necessary to observe Mars closer than
has any human in the past 59,619 years.