what is the best time of day to see Mars?

Question

in august mars almost meet s the moon

Answer 1

The best time to see Mars in 60,000 years will be on the night of August 26th-August 27th. At exactly 09:10 UT August 27, Mars will be a mere 55,758,006 kilometers (34,646,418 miles) from the Earth.

Because the Earth orbits the Sun more rapidly than Mars, it "passes" Mars every 14 months or so and that's when we get the best view of Mars. Since the Earth and Mars move in an elliptical orbit some passes are better than others. This summer the Earth and Moon will be particularly close to each other so that the Red Planet will appear both large and bright.

Mars will appear to observers in the northern hemisphere at about 1 or 2 in the morning due south, about 30 degrees above the horizon in the constellation of Aquarius. It will be quite bright and reddish and difficult to miss. Those fortunate enough to be south of the equator will see it much higher in the sky towards the north.

If you miss it or the weather is poor, don’t despair. Mars will be even closer and appear larger on August 28, 2287. I can’t guarantee that SkyWatch will be covering that one though.


Source: www.sky-watch.com

Answer 2

A trick question, right? No good time in the day to see Mars. However, Mars will be in the night sky in August. Look towards the east for an orange colored dot. I imagine when the moon rises it may appear like it's meeting Mars, but Mars is on the average 40 million miles away. The moon is 1/4 million miles away. They're not going to be meeting up with each other any time soon.

Answer 3

From Brisbane, on August 24th 25th 26th and 27th, just after sunset, both the moon and mars will be close together in the west. Mars is on the other side of the sun so it is not easy to find in the early evening sky, but it is full. They will appear closest to each other on the 25th. The moon will be showing only a sliver of crescent.

The URL is a photo from 'Stary Night' showing the view from Brisbane on August 25th at 41 minutes past the hour. I am not sure of the time difference between Hong Kong and Brisbane.

;-D Good luck.

Answer 4

Right now, there's really no good time to see Mars. It's currently low in the west, just below the body of Leo at evening twilight and getting closer to the Sun every day. Mars about 7° east (left) of Regulus, and a little dimmer than Regulus. It sets about 9:30 local time.

Beware of misinformation. Mars was bright in the southern sky at midnight in August of 2003. The bright object in the sky near the Moon tonight is Jupiter.

Answer 5

Thank you China Jon

Take note folks, Mars in August is on the far side of the Sun to Earth, so lets stop this garbage about it being closest to Earth for thousands of years.

That stuff is still going around because someone regurgitated what they read on the internet about the 2003 August close approach.

Check the facts folks.

Answer 6

I heard that at the end of this month Mars would be as close to the earth as it has ever been in about 200 years and that you could see it best around midnight.

Answer 7

Before the shop closes

Answer 8

its gonna be the closest to earth this august since the last 5,00-60,000 years!!! =0 and the closest day will be august 27th! so mark your calender and remember, if u dont see it now, you will NEVER have another chance!! =]

Answer 9

Night time.

Answer 10

night time (its the one right next to the moon RIGHT NOW)