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During the night of 2007 DEC 23/24, the Full Moon will occult Mars which will be near its opposition. The event will be visible in portions of northwestern North America and eastern Europe. The southern graze path will extend from Oregon, across Canada, through Greenland, into central Europe, before ending in Saudi Arabia. There will be no northern graze path since that would be in outer space above the North Pole.

Observers on the graze path will be able to watch hills and valleys of the Moon’s south polar region pass across the disk of Mars. Those north of the path will witness a full occultation. Since the Moon will be full, there really won’t be much of a dark limb for either the immersion or emersion.

I’ve created two graze maps, one for North America and one for Europe and the Near East. They can be seen by clicking:

http://www.curtrenz.com/astronomical.html

Also on that webpage can be found my graphics related to the opposition of Mars and my December astronomical calendar for your computer’s desktop background wallpaper.

Photos and descriptions of the occultation of Mars would be welcome additions to this thread.

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