RICHMOND, Va. — Although cloud cover may limit or prevent viewing in our area, an interesting astronomical event will take place Sunday morning.
Mars will be in “opposition”. The planet’s location will be directly opposite of the sun’s. This will occur at 7:17 a.m. EDT.
Image courtesy of NASA
The location of Mars in its orbit path will be closest to the Earth on May 30 at 5:34 p.m. This will mark its closest proximity in eleven years.
NASA has much more information about both events here.
The NASA Hubble Space Telescope captured this new image on May 12:
Image courtesy of NASA
Click here for more information from NASA on the latest Mars images.
