NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS 27th AUGUST AGAIN

This coming 27th August will never occur again in your life.The Red planed Mars is going to be spectacular on this day .This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an  encounter that will culminate in the closest  approach between the two planets in recorded  history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the Last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again.

The encounter will culminate on August 27th whenMars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth andwill be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide.At a modest 75-power magnification


Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.





Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its  highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's prettyconvenient to see something that no human being has  seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month.