| Added | Fri, 27/07/2018 |
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Today, July 27, will take place in two astronomical events: a full Eclipse of the moon, and the great opposition of Mars.
In the Moscow planetarium has warned that Mars in no case will not look as big as the Moon, as reported by many media. The distance from the Earth to the satellite is on average 380 thousand kilometers, while the minimum distance between Earth and Mars is 55.7 million km! Thus, although the size of Mars is larger than the size of the moon 2 times, visible from our planet the size (angle) of Mars is much smaller than the apparent size of the moon.
The coming full moon magnitude (brightness) of the moon will be -12,7, the brightness of Mars will be -2,88. Full phase of the Eclipse will begin at 22:30 Moscow time and will last 103 minutes. And already at 22:42 Moscow time in the sky will ascend Mars. In the St. Petersburg planetarium, noted that this coincidence of the two events happens once in 25 thousand years. The great opposition of Mars occur every 13-17 years.
To observe the Eclipse and the opposition will be to the naked eye, Mars will be the moon as a bright reddish star.
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