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DAYTIME MOON TO ECLIPSE MARS (click here)
January 31, 2020
By Curtis Roelle
This month the continental United States (click here) will be treated to an eclipse. Is it a lunar eclipse or a solar eclipse? Neither one.
On the morning of Feb. 18, the moon will eclipse the planet Mars in broad daylight for the East Coast beginning about a half hour after sunrise.
Weather permitting that morning, around the start of nautical twilight at 6 a.m. you will observe the waning crescent moon well placed in the southeast sky. Nearby, and to the moon’s lower left will be the planet Mars, only one lunar diameter away.
To the naked eye the dazzling moon, shining some 30,000 times brighter than Mars, can make Mars difficult to discern. A pair of binoculars or a small telescope will help make Mars stand out better....
