View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Joel Weatherly caught the moon and Mars on December 7, 2022, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. See Mars in in regards to the 1 o’clock place? Joel wrote: “Mars and the moon are a surprising pair in our skies tonight. Whereas at opposition, sensible Mars met the full moon for a lunar occultation of Mars. A video of Mars’ disappearance and reappearance, as seen by way of my telescope, can be found here.” Thanks, Joel!
Moon and Mars images
On December 7, 2022, our planet Earth handed between Mars and the sun, bringing Mars to its once-in-two-years opposition in our sky. Mars was at its closest and brightest for this two-year interval, and it was reverse the sun. A full moon can be reverse the sun. So, on December 7, the sun, the Earth, the moon and Mars had been aligned. And the alignment was so exact that – as considered from some elements of Earth – the moon handed in entrance of Mars! Elsewhere, crimson Mars was extensively seen close to the full moon within the sky on the evening of December 7-8. Heartfelt due to all who submitted photos to EarthSky Neighborhood Photographs. We love you all! A number of favs on this web page … and more moon and Mars photos here.
This submit is being up to date, as extra images are available in all through the day on December 8. Come again!
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Chris Kotsiopoulos in Studying, UK, captured this superb picture of Mars and the moon within the early morning hours of December 8, 2022. Chris wrote: “It was fairly an expertise seeing the planet Mars disappear behind the moon and emerge after an hour. Freezing chilly, at 5 within the morning and frost was throughout my tools, however it was price each second!” Thanks, Chris! For extra about this picture, go to Spacetinkerer.com.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Lisa Ann Fanning wrote: “Right here in New Jersey, we simply miss occultation of Mars by the moon. However, by dodging some clouds, we’re in a position to see a really shut conjunction.” Thanks, Lisa!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Lorraine Boyd in Delmar, New York, wrote: “After a wet and cloudy day, making it inconceivable to benefit from the earliest sundown of the 12 months, I used to be glad when the sky cleared up later within the night. I used to be in a position to {photograph} the final full moon of 2022, the Full Chilly Moon, together with Mars.” Thanks, Lorraine!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Peter Welch in San Diego, California, caught this cool sequence of the moon simply because it slid in entrance of Mars. He wrote: “The skies cleared in San Diego simply in time to start out following the lunar occultation of Mars. The images are about 1 minute aside.” Thanks, Peter!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Patrick Prokop in Savannah, Georgia, was too far southeast to see the moon cross in entrance of Mars. However he caught Mars close to the moon. He wrote: “The moon passing the planet Mars from 9:44 p.m. to 11:44 p.m. EST. At my latitude of 32 N alongside the SE coast of Georgia, the moon by no means occulted Mars however the moon handed very close to it. It’d seem that Mars was passing the moon, however truly, it was the moon shifting previous Mars. I took these pictures utilizing the Orion EON 130mm telescope with the ZWO-ASI 071 digicam utilizing the Orion Sky-Glow Flight air pollution filter.” Thanks, Patrick!
Backside line: The moon and Mars had been spectacular on the evening of December 7-8, 2022. Some noticed the moon occult – or cross in entrance of – Mars. Great images right here!
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