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Mars Occultation by full Moon at Opposition - 2022


Stu

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One to look forward to here in 2022.

I was looking at Mars oppositions on Skysafari, and found that on the very night of opposition next year, 8th December 2022 in the early morning, Mars will be occulted by a perfect 100% full Moon, whilst at 17 arc seconds size and 27 degrees above the horizon (from London). I’ve checked the forecast and it is currently set for thick cloud, a howling gale with horizontal sleet! 🤣

First contact from London looks to be  at just after 5am, with last contact at just before 6am and with the Moon at 17 degrees altitude.

I will pop this into the Celestial Events Calendar so we don’t forget.

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10 hours ago, Stu said:

One to look forward to here in 2022.

I was looking at Mars oppositions on Skysafari, and found that on the very night of opposition next year, 8th December 2022 in the early morning, Mars will be occulted by a perfect 100% full Moon, whilst at 17 arc seconds size and 27 degrees above the horizon (from London). I’ve checked the forecast and it is currently set for thick cloud, a howling gale with horizontal sleet! 🤣

First contact from London looks to be  at just after 5am, with last contact at just before 6am and with the Moon at 17 degrees altitude.

I will pop this into the Celestial Events Calendar so we don’t forget.

That's a great find Stu, thanks for the heads up :thumbright:

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