Exact time to catch full Wolf Moon shine alongside Mars tonight in stunning sky spectacle

Tonight, Mars will be visible alongside the Wolf Moon, the year’s first full moon.

When night falls on January 13th, stargazers are urged to face the cold in order to witness the display.

A red’star’, which is the planet Mars, will be seen just below and to the left of the Moon on a clear night.

In the next two years, the Red Planet will be at its largest and brightest.

It will have a magnitude of -1.3, making it marginally less luminous than Sirius, the brightest star in the sky.

During the night, Mars and the Moon will grow closer to one another.

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For around an hour, the Red Planet will be obscured from view by the Moon.

Around 7:30 p.m. UTC is the ideal time to go outside.

The Wolf Moon is at its brightest about 10:25 p.m. GMT (5:25 p.m. EST).

Right now, the moonshine glare could make it difficult to see Mars.

Even while it won’t be one of Earth’s renowned Blood Moons, the lunar disk is predicted to become a subdued orange.

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