Mars is clearly visible low in the Eastern sky about 2 hours before dawn. If you were waiting to see Mars as big as the full Moon... Well, that was a hoax. Sorry about that.
Actually mars will come close to earth on August 27th 2009!
Yes, Mars will be visible in the morning during the month of August.
Around midnight
Mars rises a couple of hours before dawn this month, and at sunrise Mars is about 40 degrees above the eastern horizon.
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No. That's the "Mars Hoax" that Mars will be close to Earth and appear "as bigas the full moon!". Not even close to being true.
Currently (on August 27, 2009) the planet Mercury is closest to the Earth. If you were thinking Mars, guess again; Mars is actually fairly distant. Not QUITE across the solar system from Earth, but over 1.3 AU away! If you thought Mars would be very close, you may have been reading the Mars Hoax.
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No. Mars did make an exceptionally close approach to Earth in August 2003, and every year since, spammers change the date and resend the message. However, Mars will NEVER appear "as big as the full Moon". Right now, on August 9, 2009, Mars rises a little before sunrise and is visible low in the eastern sky at dawn. By January, 2010, Mars will be overhead at midnight, but this will be one of the more distant conjunctions.
Yes. In early August, look for Mars to rise about 2:30 AM, and be about 35 degrees above the eastern horizon at dawn. Mars will rise earlier and earlier throughout the month, rising about 1:30 AM by the end of August.
August the 27th of this year (2009) is when Mars is to be the closest it has ever been to the earth. It is supposedly to be about the same size in the sky as the moon.
Yes. Mars will be visible low in the Eastern sky starting about 2 hours before dawn. But Mars will NEVER look "as big as the full moon!" as the Mars Hoax insists. Sorry; it won't happen.