¿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2020 August 15 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Mars at the Moon's Edge Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Sergio Scauso Explanation: Does the Moon ever block out Mars? Yes, the [4]Moon occasionally moves in front of all of the [5]Solar System's planets. Just this past Sunday, as visible from some locations in [6]South America, a [7]waning gibbous Moon eclipsed Mars. The [8]featured image from [9]Córdoba, [10]Argentina captured this occultation well, showing a [11]familiar cratered Moon in the foreground with the bright planet [12]Mars unusually adjacent. Within a few seconds, [13]Mars then disappeared behind the Moon, only to [14]reappear a few minutes later [15]across the Moon. Today the [16]Moon moves close to, but not in front of, [17]Venus. Because alignments will not have changed by much, the [18]next two times the Moon passes through this part of the sky - in early September and early October - it will also [19]occult Mars, as seen from parts of South America. Pereid Meteor Shower: [20]Notable images submitted to APOD Tomorrow's picture: grand galaxy __________________________________________________________________ [21]< | [22]Archive | [23]Submissions | [24]Index | [25]Search | [26]Calendar | [27]RSS | [28]Education | [29]About APOD | [30]Discuss | [31]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [32]Robert Nemiroff ([33]MTU) & [34]Jerry Bonnell ([35]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [36]Specific rights apply. [37]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [38]ASD at [39]NASA / [40]GSFC & [41]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2008/MoonOverMars_Scauso_1202.jpg 3. https://www.facebook.com/sscauso 4. https://moon.nasa.gov/ 5. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/our-solar-system/overview/ 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America 7. https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/StarChild/icons/moon_from_earth.gif 8. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3024643857633709&set=a.315807985183990 9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgQKFaAKgoU 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160201.html 12. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mars/overview/ 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170528.html 14. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZjBEW%2BqNL._AC_.jpg 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190719.html 16. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200621.html 18. http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets/planets.htm 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030724.html 20. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2859552167482317 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200814.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 30. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200815 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200816.html 32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 33. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 34. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 35. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 37. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 38. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/ 40. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 41. http://www.mtu.edu/