The Moon And Mars September 2020
Photo from september 5 2020.
The moon and mars september 2020. On the night of september 5 september 6 the gibbous moon appears near mars a very bright planet in the southern sky before sunrise currently mars is the fourth brightest star in the sky. For the washington dc area the moon and mars will rise together in the east at about 9 30 p m. On saturday night into sunday morning september 5 to 6 2020 the planet mars will appear quite near the waning gibbous moon. Around september 4 6 2020 the moon is in waning gibbous phase.
When mars shines at its brightest for the year in mid october it ll be some 1 1 3 times brighter than jupiter. The corn moon swings by mars the corn moon will be full on the afternoon of wednesday sept. Edt 1722 gmt four days before the moon occults mars. A bright waning gibbous moon lies 1 5 moon widths south of mars on september 5.
Friday september 25 2020. Edt with mars about a degree to the left of the moon. September full moon 2020. 2 at 1 22 p m.
The same night our satellite occults the red planet visible from central and.