where in relation to the moon will I be able to see mars on aug 28?

Answer 1

The Moon and Mars won't be anywhere near each other on August 28, over 100 degrees apart in fact. Around 3 a.m. Daylight Time in the northern hemisphere, the Moon will be about 30° above the horizon in the SSW, and Mars will be about 30° above the horizon in the E. The Moon will be either in eclipse (western North America) or just entering eclipse (eastern North America).

Contrary to the hoax email currently circulating on the internet, the Moon will be 33 arcminutes in diameter and Mars will be 8 arcseconds, making the Moon 250 times larger in diameter than Mars. In other words, you'd need to look at Mars with a telescope magnifying 250 times for it to appear the same diameter as the Moon with the naked eye. The Moon will be 13 magnitudes brighter than Mars (about 10,000 times brighter). So much for the claim that Mars will be as big and as bright as the Moon!

Answer 2

Mars will not be well placed for observation this August. This myth started in 2003 when Mars did come unusually close to Earth, and has been repeated every summer ever since. But even in 2003 it never got close enough to look like anything other than a bright star. This year Mars will not pass close to Earth until winter, and even then it won't be as close as it was in 2003.

Answer 3

you can see Jupiter to the right of the moon, but Mars is not in the sky that is visable near the moon.

also sagittarius and the cat;s eye and scorpius.

Answer 4

If you are talking about the close approach thing, google it. THAT WAS IN 2003!