On Monday night (Jan. 30), the moon will eclipse Mars in what's known as an occultation, during which the moon will pass in front of Mars from the perspective of Earth.

For this upcoming game of hide-and-seek, however, the moon will be not quite so bright (74% illuminated) and neither will Mars. Having retreated 29.63 million miles (47.68 million km) farther away ...

The moon is shown during a full lunar eclipse, Sunday, May 15, 2022, near Moscow, Idaho. Ted S. Warren / AP This eclipse coincides with the Blood Moon, where the moon bears a reddish hue.

It’s not every day the moon moves in front of a bright planet, but the likely once-in-a-lifetime event for some parts of the U.S. will unveil next week. The rare second occultation of Mars will ...

On Monday night (Jan. 30), the moon will eclipse Mars in what's known as an occultation, during which the moon will pass in front of Mars from the perspective of Earth.

Skywatchers are in for a rare treat as January’s Full Wolf Moon aligns with Mars in a celestial event called a lunar occultation. On the evening of Monday, Jan. 13, the Moon will pass directly ...

The lunar occultation of Mars will see the full moon passing directly in front of the Red Planet, ... The Moon to Eclipse Mars in a Rare Celestial Event Visible Across the U.S.

Longest total Lunar eclipse and opposition of Mars, blood moon 2018. Image source: Peter Jurik / Adobe. During that previous Mars lunar occultation, the Moon was fully illuminated.

From Mars' Jezero Crater, the Perseverance rover, which landed on the planet in 2021, captured a series of images on Feb. 8 of the odd-shaped tiny moon passing in front of the much-larger sun.