Occultations of Mars by the Moon- DEC 7, 2022

Occultations of Mars by the Moon will be visible in parts of the U.S. on the evenings of Dec. 7 (Full Moon) and Jan. 30 (waxing gibbous). For a map of the December 7 event with times for many locations, visit http://lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets/1208mars.htm and scroll down to the data for U.S. cities. Remember to subtract the appropriate number of hours from Universal Time to convert event times to your time zone: Five hours to get EST.

Occultation predictions of Mars         Magnitude -1.9
Date 2022 Dec  8

Moon: % illumination = 100+,  Solar elongation = 178


      Disappearance
                                  U.T.        Sun Moon       CA  PA  WA   a    b
Location                        h  m  s      Alt Alt Az     o   o   o   m/o  m/o

 Lansing Mi                     10 17 19     58 112  36N    120 124   +2.3 -0.4