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Warren DeMontague

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7. I think Mars is in opposition right now, too, which makes it way more bright than usual.

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Sun Apr 13, 2014, 04:17 PM

Apr 2014

Meaning, it's 'behind' the Earth with reference to the sun, which puts it in the same part of the sky as the full moon, also "behind" the Earth (which is why it is full) ... and if you envision the orbits of Earth and Mars, the point at which Mars is behind the Earth is where the two planets are closest to each other.

So that bright orange one near the Moon, is probably Mars.

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