Conjunction of Mars and Spica, July 28, 2029
Conjunction of Mars and Spica: July 28, 2029 at 2:26 PM in New York (28 Jul 2029, 18:26 UTC). At that moment Mars is 20° above the horizon in the ESE, as seen from New York.
The sky at that moment
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2:26 PMSat, Jul 28
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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 1.5° apart in the sky.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. Data sources