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 total 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 pictures
On December 7, 2022, our planet Earth handed between Mars and the solar, 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 solar. A full moon can also be reverse the solar. So, on December 7, the solar, the Earth, the moon and Mars have been aligned. And the alignment was so exact that – as considered from some elements of Earth – the moon handed in entrance of Mars! Elsewhere, purple Mars was extensively seen close to the total moon within the sky on the evening of December 7-8. Heartfelt due to all who submitted photos to EarthSky Group Pictures. We love you all! A number of favs on this web page … and more moon and Mars photos here.
This publish is being up to date, as extra pictures are available in all through the day on December 8. Come again!
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Grace Wheeler in Eureka, California, took this picture on December 7, 2022. Grace wrote: “I used to be not anticipating to view the occultation of Mars as a result of the forecast for Humboldt County was for a marine layer. Fortunately we acquired a quick break within the cloud deck. I shortly arrange my scope and I used to be capable of catch Mars popping out from behind the moon. I needed to take a guess on publicity. The clouds could have helped even out the brightness of the Moon with Mars … I used to be capable of get each decently uncovered in the identical picture.” Thanks, Grace!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Martin Curran in Cheyenne, Wyoming, took this picture on December 7, 2022. Martin wrote: “Caught Mars earlier than it was occulted by the moon tonight.” Thanks, Martin!
Extra lunar occultation pictures
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Chris Kotsiopoulos in Studying, UK, captured this wonderful 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, but it surely 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 capable of 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 unattainable to benefit from the earliest sundown of the 12 months, I used to be pleased when the sky cleared up later within the night. I used to be capable of {photograph} the final full moon of 2022, the Full Chilly Moon, together with Mars.” Thanks, Lorraine!
Occultation sequence pics
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 begin following the lunar occultation of Mars. The pictures 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 go 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 would seem that Mars was passing the moon, however really, 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!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Rob Pettengill took this picture on December 7, 2022. Rob wrote: “Mars skims the rim of the moon and was occulted for about 12 minutes from east of Elgin, Texas. Skies have been very cloudy in central Texas, however the astrospheric ensemble cloud forecast recognized a niche the place I arrange about 30 miles away. I needed to dodge a couple of clouds and poor transparency, however am happy with the consequence.” Thanks, Rob!
Backside line: The moon and Mars have been spectacular on the evening of December 7-8, 2022. Some noticed the moon occult – or go in entrance of – Mars. Fantastic pictures right here!
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