What Is The Star That Is Directly Above The Moon Tonight?......

[global1]

It's around the 12 o'clock position above the moon. I don't believe I've ever seen a star that close to the moon. Any astronomers out there that can help me and identify it?

[ARPad95]

1. Mars per https://earthsky.org/tonight

Mars is the planet to watch this month and next! Earth will pass between Mars and the sun in October, and the planet is now very bright and very red. Don’t miss the moon’s sweep past the Red Planet around September 4, 5 and 6, 2020. The moon can help you identify Mars now so that you can enjoy it in the weeks to come.

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

2. It's just a guess, (I'm in northern California & the SMOKE IS F&CKING BACK), along with the blood

red sunrises, sunsets & unbreathable air but unless I miss my mark, it's the planet VENUS. Anyone else who knows better, correct me.

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

3. Well, I was half correct, lol, it WAS A PLANET.. just can't see jack $h*t cuz the SMOKE....BUT my

friends, this is the reason my brother is the astrophysicist & my thing is molecular biology. lol

[progree]

9. Venus rises in the east a couple of hours before dawn. VERY bright /nt

[eleny]

4. Thx for posting! Husband and I checked it out immediately

We're having a clear night now in the Denver area. So this was a treat.

[2naSalit]

5. All I can see is an orange moon through smoke.

[ARPad95]

6. It's 2:00 am here and cloudy. Can't see the moon, stars or planets. :(

[Phoenix61]

7. I started seeing it when it was at 9:00.

I figured it was a planet but wasn’t sure which one. Thanks for the post.

[Lock him up.]

12. Planet Mars.

Shining-pinko point where rovers discover it more closely.

[Withywindle]

8. Definitely Mars

Very bright and very beautiful tonight.

[progree]

10. Mars. I use in-the-sky.org sky map

https://in-the-sky.org/skymap2.php

(get rid of that deep space junk with that checkbox below the sky map and on the left side -- nobody can see any of that stuff unless they live 50 miles from the nearest street lamp, so its just clutter)

[Lock him up.]

11. It's not a star.

It's the shining-pinko planet Mars.

[fierywoman]

13. Moon's in Aries tonight, Mars is in Aries; I guess Aries.

[Doreen]

14. That is Mars and where I am, on Friday it was redder than usual.

Tonight the moon was orange.

I am in SW Washington.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. Mars. It's been there for months.

And, in the early morning (EST), Venus is bright in the east.

[canetoad]

16. Cool, free software

Download program here http://stellarium.org/

Web version here: https://stellarium-web.org/

[John1956PA]

17. Mars-Moon Conjunction.

from https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/09/05/look-up-tonight-11-p-m-mars-moon-conjunction/5731988002/ :

Look up tonight: Mars and the moon come together after 11 p.m.

If you look up at Saturday night's sky and spot the Moon after 11 p.m., you should have no problem finding Mars, too.

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Mars and the Moon will come together – situating themselves less than 1 degree apart – after they rise in the east at 10:15 p.m., Regas wrote on Twitter.

NASA also posted about the Mars-Moon conjunction in a skywatching tips post, and says the Moon and Mars will stay "extremely close" into the early hours of Sunday morning.

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