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Lunar Occultation of Mars about 05.00 UTC on 8 Dec 2022
From: David Pike
Date: 2022 Nov 28, 12:34 -0800
From: David Pike
Date: 2022 Nov 28, 12:34 -0800
I read in The Times that there will be a lunar occultation of Mars around 05.00 UTC on 8th December 2022. Mars is occulted by full Moon
Are there any uses, such as checking their watch, which a very basic navigator, brave enough to be up at 5AM, can make to take advantage of this phenomenon? Can these the observations be used directly, or does a correction have to be made for the Moon’s parallax? DaveP