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elleng

(136,043 posts) Fri Dec 9, 2022, 07:03 PM Dec 2022

Waning Gibbous, 98% visible, with MARS!

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with MARS!!!

MARS!!!!

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Waning Gibbous, 98% visible, with MARS! (Original Post) elleng Dec 2022 OP

The moon is near Castor and Pollux of the Gemini twins. Mars is nearby, in between progree Dec 2022 #1

Thanks! elleng Dec 2022 #2

progree

(11,463 posts)

1. The moon is near Castor and Pollux of the Gemini twins. Mars is nearby, in between

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Fri Dec 9, 2022, 10:45 PM

Dec 2022

Aldebaran (Taurus's brightest star) and Elnath - the tip of one of Taurus's horns.

Or to pick better known stars, Mars is roughly in between Aldebaran and Capella, closer to Aldebaran.

Sirius is a little above the eastern horizon if you are in Eastern or Midwest time zones. Ditto Orion.

Jupiter is in the southwestern sky

https://in-the-sky.org/skymap2.php

The first thing I do when it loads is to scroll down below the sky map and uncheck the "Deep Sky" box as it just clutters things up with stuff I can't see anyway.

Thanks for the pics!

elleng

(136,043 posts)

2. Thanks!

Reply to progree (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 9, 2022, 10:53 PM

Dec 2022

Caught Waning Gibbous, 98% visible tonight with Mars, but not now others.

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