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. 2022 December 9 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Mars Rises above the Lunar Limb Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Tom Glenn Explanation: [5]On the night of December 7 Mars wandered near the Full Moon. [6]In fact the Red Planet was occulted, passing behind the Moon, when viewed from locations across Europe and North America. About an hour after disappearing behind the lunar disk Mars reappears in this stack of [7]sharp video frames captured from San Diego, [8]planet Earth. With the Moon in the foreground Mars was a mere 82 million kilometers distant, near [9]its own opposition. Full Moon and full Mars were bright enough provide the spectacular image with no exposure adjustments necessary. [10]In the image Mars appears to rise just over ancient, dark-floored, [11]lunar crater Abel very close to the southeastern edge of the Moon's near side. Humboldt is the large impact crater to its north (left). Tomorrow's picture: Challenger and the Sea of Serenity __________________________________________________________________ [12]< | [13]Archive | [14]Submissions | [15]Index | [16]Search | [17]Calendar | [18]RSS | [19]Education | [20]About APOD | [21]Discuss | [22]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [23]Robert Nemiroff ([24]MTU) & [25]Jerry Bonnell ([26]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [27]Specific rights apply. [28]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [29]ASD at [30]NASA / [31]GSFC, [32]NASA Science Activation & [33]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2212/Mars_Moon_fullsize_TGlenn.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. https://www.flickr.com/people/140032790@N06/ 5. https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-occults-mars-on-december-7-and-8-2022/ 6. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatching/whats-up/ 7. https://www.flickr.com/photos/140032790@N06/52549802792/ 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221123.html 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221203.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2212/Mars_Moon_fullsize_TGlenn_labels1024.jpg 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_(crater) 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221208.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 16. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 21. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=221209 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221210.html 23. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 24. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 26. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 28. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 29. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 30. https://www.nasa.gov/ 31. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 32. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 33. http://www.mtu.edu/