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Animation of the blood moon  File  photo KDG

The red planet  is visible to the naked eye at night  now, it will be closest to the earth since 2003 tonight, July 31st 2018.

On July 30-31, 2018, Mars and Earth are closer than since their historically close approach in 2003. Mars was closer in 2003 than in some 60,000 years, and it’s now only slightly farther from Earth now than then. It’s about 35.78 million miles (57.59 million km) away at its closest on July 31 at 08:00 UTC. That time places Mars’ closest approach before sunrise on July 31 for North American time zones – Earth sky news

Look to the right and down a little from the waning moon tonight. The red dot is visible, that is Mars from Merritt BC. Ca.

 

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