blobrana
12-21-07, 10:01 PM
The full moon will appear to glide above the planet Mars on Sunday night.
Observers in Europe, western Canada and Alaska, will see the moon occult Mars low in the eastern horizon.
IMAGE (http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4380/occultpath12oc3.gif) (6kb, 560 x 389)
Map of the occultation path
IMAGE (http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6586/moonmars200712243h32mjt5.gif) (12kb, 792 x 554)
The position of the Moon at 3:32 UT 24th December 2007.
See more (http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets/1224mars.htm)
Observers in Europe, western Canada and Alaska, will see the moon occult Mars low in the eastern horizon.
IMAGE (http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4380/occultpath12oc3.gif) (6kb, 560 x 389)
Map of the occultation path
IMAGE (http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6586/moonmars200712243h32mjt5.gif) (12kb, 792 x 554)
The position of the Moon at 3:32 UT 24th December 2007.
See more (http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets/1224mars.htm)