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Mars comes to opposition with the sun on Friday, January 29, meaning that it appears opposite (180 degrees from) the sun in the sky. The "Red Planet," which looks like a reddish or rusty-colored, bright pinpoint to the naked eye, remains in the sky all night at opposition, rising at sundown and setting at sunrise. Close to Mars, as seen in binoculars later in the evening, is a star cluster called the "Beehive Cluster."
The Full Moon rises impressively from the east horizon at around 5:10pm on Friday, January 29, just as the sun is going down in the west. The reddish "star" to the left is, of course, the planet Mars, which lies at opposition to the sun on this date. Some folk names for January full moons include "chaste moon," "cold moon," "quiet moon," "snow moon," and "wolf moon."
Mars comes to opposition with the sun on Friday, January 29, meaning that it appears opposite (180 degrees from) the sun in the sky. The "Red Planet," which looks like a reddish or rusty-colored, bright pinpoint to the naked eye, remains in the sky all night at opposition, rising at sundown and setting at sunrise. Close to Mars, as seen in binoculars later in the evening, is a star cluster called the "Beehive Cluster."
The Full Moon rises impressively from the east horizon at around 5:10pm on Friday, January 29, just as the sun is going down in the west. The reddish "star" to the left is, of course, the planet Mars, which lies at opposition to the sun on this date. Some folk names for January full moons include "chaste moon," "cold moon," "quiet moon," "snow moon," and "wolf moon."