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Celestial event: Mars and Moon to meet on November 5

Nothing Can Be More Amazing And Interesting Then The Month Of November 2016, Because Numerous Heavenly Bodies Will Dazzle In The Night Sky. November 5 Is The Day When Mars Wait Will Be Over And It Wil Get Its Turn To Meet The Moon.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Neha Singh | Updated on: 04 Nov 2016, 01:16:13 PM
 Celestial event: Mars and Moon to meet on November 5 (Image: Getty)

New Delhi:

Nothing can be more amazing and interesting then the month of November 2016, because numerous heavenly bodies will dazzle in the night sky. November 5 is the day when Mars wait will be over and it wil get its turn to meet the moon.

In the early evening Mars will shine orange on the left of side of the moon in early evening.Like its known to everyone that Mars is twice the Moon's size but, as of tonight, it's 485 times farther away.

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After dark this week Capella shines in the northeast, and the Pleiades are well up in the east-northeast three fists to Capella's right. As evening grows later, you'll find orange Aldebaran climbing up below the Pleiades. Then by around 10 p.m. (depending on your location), Orion begins clearing the eastern horizon below Aldebaran.

 

Nov. 5 is reserved for the Moon and Mars. After sunset of this day and the next, the crescent moon will be seen beside the red planet, which can be easily distinguished from the night sky, thanks to its reddish glow.


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First Published : 04 Nov 2016, 07:43:00 AM

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