The Yucatecan astronomer, Eddie Ariel Salazar Gamboa, reported that next Wednesday, December 7, the Moon and Mars will be visible from the Yucatan Peninsula, and one of them is the conjunction between the two.
In this way, the red planet will be in perigee with the Earth; predicting that it will be a good astronomical spectacle, “one of the best in December, as long as the weather conditions allow it.”
He explained that both stars will be in Taurus, so the event will last all night next Wednesday 07 and the early morning of Thursday 08 December.
“The Moon will rise at 4:57 p.m. on Wednesday 07 and will fall at 5:54 p.m. on Thursday 08; It will be in the plenary or full moon phase at 10:07 a.m., that is, it will be one hundred percent illuminated, ”he explained.
For his part, he explained that in the case of Mars, it will appear in the sky at 5:06 p.m. and will set at 6:37 a.m., being in perigee, that is, its closest point to Earth at 0.549 astronomical units. or 82 million 350 kilometers.
Therefore, the coordinator of the Astronomy Group, “Hypatia de Alejandría” announced that the red planet will be 100 percent illuminated, so it will have a magnitude of -1.9.
Finally, he described that “as eyewitnesses will be the alignment of the Pleiades, a cluster of stars from Taurus.”