Conjunction of Mars and Spica, August 24, 2027
Conjunction of Mars and Spica: August 24, 2027 at 1:10 AM in New York (24 Aug 2027, 05:10 UTC). At that moment Mars is below the horizon as seen from New York.
The sky at that moment
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1:10 AMTue, Aug 24
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What happens
In a conjunction two objects pass close to each other in our sky. They are not near each other in space: they only line up as seen from Earth. The time shown is the closest approach, measured from the centre of the Earth.
At their closest the two are 1.9° apart in the sky.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. Data sources