See the moon visit fiery-colored Mars Friday evening (Oct. 14)
than 59.7 million miles in 2025, 63.0 million miles in 2027 and 60.2 million miles in 2029.
But before this stretch of lean years arrives, we have one more"decent" Mars. Later this fall, on Nov. 30 at 9:17 p.m. EDT , Mars will make its closest approach to Earth until May 11, 2031 coming to within 50.61 million miles . On Friday at 9:45 p.m. EDT , the moon will pass closest – 2.9 degrees – to the upper left of Mars. As the night wears on, the moon and Mars will slowly get progressively farther apart. By 5 a.m., Mars and the moon will be literally soaring high in the southern sky, but they will now be more than 4 degrees apart. .
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