My artistic interpretation of Mars
Something interesting and free, if you can stay up late Saturday or get up early enough Sunday morning, is to see Mars.
NASA has posted:
"On Saturday night into Sunday morning, the planet Mars will appear near the waning gibbous Moon. For the Washington, DC area, the Moon will rise in the east Saturday night at 11:04 PM EDT, with Mars appearing less than 3 degrees to the left of the Moon. They will appear at their closest to each other early Sunday morning in the hour or so before morning twilight begins at 5:13 AM, with Mars appearing above the Moon. On Sunday morning, August 9, 2020, at 9:51 AM EDT, the Moon will be at apogee, its farthest from the Earth for this orbit."
Below is a video posted by NASA from Twitter of other astronomical events in August:
You don’t have to be aboard a @NASA spacecraft to see #Mars. It’s visible toward the southeast in the pre-dawn sky now, and on the morning of August 9th, Mars will appear super close to the Moon. Details at: https://t.co/n0s8plh6jr pic.twitter.com/Na8p7gE1TS— NASA Mars (@NASAMars) August 7, 2020
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