Look at the meeting of Mars and the Moon: the Red Planet “peeks out” from behind it

The Martian eclipse was observed only by some inhabitants of the Earth. The meeting of the Red Planet and the Moon was observed

residents of the United States (from Southern California to Northern Florida and north to Oklahoma), as well as Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and northwestern South America.

For other astronomy lovers, the observatoryGriffith in Los Angeles conducted a free online broadcast of the eclipse of Mars by the Moon. It began on Tuesday at 04:00 GMT, January 31 and lasted two hours.

Both the Moon and Mars were less bright than during their last encounter, which occurred in December 2022 during a full moon.

Photo: Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles

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Cover photo: Mars meets the Moon in 2022 by Tom Williams/Twitter