The moon blocks Mars in a rare astronomical phenomenon

Weather of Arabia - This morning, Sunday, September 6, 2020, the movement of the moon was observed directly in front of Mars, which led to the occultation of the planet for a temporary period in a phenomenon observed in limited parts of the Arab world and most of South America, as in the picture in the sky of Santiago in Chile.

And M. Majed Abu Zahra, an image showing the exodus of Mars from behind the southern half of the moon after 25 minutes, the warming behind the decreasing hump, which was a pinch of 87.5%, while the brightness of Mars is (- 1.8) at the present time.

Now the Earth is approaching Mars in preparation for their location in the closest distance between them in the month of October, and this makes this red planet very bright to the naked eye, and it was even possible to see its disk even near the edge of the bright moon yesterday.

He will notice that Mars will double in brightness again between now and October, so stay tuned for some beautiful views of the red planet.