At the point of the occultation, the sun, Earth, moon and Mars will all line up at once. Stock images show the moon and Mars. On Wednesday night, Mars will pass behind the moon in an event known ...

The moon will occult Mars in a rare astronomical event, coinciding with the month's full Wolf Moon that peaks on the same night TacioPhilip/Getty Point your ... the occultation will take place ...

An astronomical event will be visible to the United States tonight during the first full moon of the year. The full moon of the year will be accompanied by a lunar event called occultation, and it ...

It's also a supermoon, set to appear in night skies Jan. 13, and will pass in front of Mars during a phenomenon known as occultation ... at one of the closest points to Earth in its orbit.

eclipsing it from our vantage point here on Earth and blocking it from view for up to 15 seconds in an event known as an occultation. The asteroid is known as 319 Leona, a main belt object that ...

Mars will be at its closest point to Earth during this time. The lunar occultation of Mars will be visible across the contiguous US, parts of Canada, Mexico, and Western Africa. Mars will begin to ...

The two points in the Moon's orbit that cross the ecliptic — known as the nodes — rotate over a cycle that takes 18.6 years to complete. A lunar occultation of Saturn occurs at the point in ...

BOSTON - The highlight of the week is coming tonight in the night sky - the lunar occultation of Mars. First off, at 5:27 p.m. the moon will be officially full. The full January moon is known as ...

Data returned from the observations will be provided to the New Horizon team who is preparing for Pluto's occultation, July 13 through the 15th.

(This apparent shift in an object's position depending on your vantage point is called parallax). However, even if you just miss the occultation, you will still be able to see Saturn make an ...