The moon and Mars will make a close approach and will be visible together through binoculars.
. The conjunction will be at an altitude of seven degrees above the horizon to the northeast at this time. The conjunction of the moon and Mars will reach its highest point in the sky, 73 degrees above the southern horizon, at 2:09 a.m. EST on Saturday morning. The conjunction will disappear in the dawn twilight at around 6:17 a.m. EST when the moon and Mars are 36 degrees above the horizon in the west. , the Bull, and will have a right ascension of 05h34m40s.
The moon will have a magnitude of -12.5 and Mars a magnitude of -1.5, with the minus prefix indicating particularly bright objects in the sky overThe moon and Mars will be too widely separated during the conjunction for the arrangement to be visible with a telescope. It will be observable with binoculars or with the naked eye in favorable viewing conditions, however.
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