Moon with Mars to the left and Saturn to the right over New Brunswick, Canada. – August 21, 2018 photo via Roxana Soetebeer.
A view of the moon, Mars and Saturn in the southern sky around 11 p.m. on August 22, 2018 from Patrick Prokop in Savannah, Georgia. Can you see – in contrast to the 2 images above – that the moon has moved closer to Mars from one day to the next? This motion is due to the moon’s movement in orbit around Earth.
Raul Cortes in Monterrey, Mexico caught essentially the same view on August 22 as Patrick Prokop in the photo above. But he has labeled more of the stars and star patterns near Saturn and Mars … the legendary Teapot pattern in the constellation Sagittarius, and the stars Shaula and Lesath in the Tail of Scorpius the Scorpion.
Deborah Byrd caught the moon and Mars in early evening, with an iPhone, before the sky was fully dark. They were so bright, they were visible in twilight!
Abdulmajeed Alshatti captured the moon and Mars on August 23, 2018 from Kuwait.
Peter Lowenstein in Mutare, Zimbabwe captured the moon and Mars above a flowering strelitzia (bird of paradise) plant on August 23: “Last month the full moon was closest to Mars on the day of the total lunar eclipse (July 27, 2018). This month the waxing moon is closest to Mars 3 days before becoming full … Camera: Panasonic lumix DMC-TZ60 in night scene mode.” Notice that the red color of the bird of paradise matches the red color of Mars.
Greg Redfern wrote on August 23: “The moon and Mars over a restless North Atlantic Ocean while underway on Azamara Pursuit.” Bon voyage, Greg!
Bottom line: Photos from the EarthSky community of the planets Mars and Saturn – August, 2018 – as the moon swept past.
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Moon with Mars to the left and Saturn to the right over New Brunswick, Canada. – August 21, 2018 photo via Roxana Soetebeer.
A view of the moon, Mars and Saturn in the southern sky around 11 p.m. on August 22, 2018 from Patrick Prokop in Savannah, Georgia. Can you see – in contrast to the 2 images above – that the moon has moved closer to Mars from one day to the next? This motion is due to the moon’s movement in orbit around Earth.
Raul Cortes in Monterrey, Mexico caught essentially the same view on August 22 as Patrick Prokop in the photo above. But he has labeled more of the stars and star patterns near Saturn and Mars … the legendary Teapot pattern in the constellation Sagittarius, and the stars Shaula and Lesath in the Tail of Scorpius the Scorpion.
Deborah Byrd caught the moon and Mars in early evening, with an iPhone, before the sky was fully dark. They were so bright, they were visible in twilight!
Abdulmajeed Alshatti captured the moon and Mars on August 23, 2018 from Kuwait.
Peter Lowenstein in Mutare, Zimbabwe captured the moon and Mars above a flowering strelitzia (bird of paradise) plant on August 23: “Last month the full moon was closest to Mars on the day of the total lunar eclipse (July 27, 2018). This month the waxing moon is closest to Mars 3 days before becoming full … Camera: Panasonic lumix DMC-TZ60 in night scene mode.” Notice that the red color of the bird of paradise matches the red color of Mars.
Greg Redfern wrote on August 23: “The moon and Mars over a restless North Atlantic Ocean while underway on Azamara Pursuit.” Bon voyage, Greg!
Bottom line: Photos from the EarthSky community of the planets Mars and Saturn – August, 2018 – as the moon swept past.
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