This picture shows the moon's occultation of Mars. In other words, the moon passed over the orbit of mars, covering mars. the word occult literally means to cover. The moon is a very very thin crescent in this picture, and only a few degrees above the horizon. Mars can also be seen as a tiny dot of light next to the middle of the sunlight side of the moon. This picture was taken in the United States, in Desoto, Kansas at twilight on Monday, December 6. Only a small band crossing over North America were able to see this lunar occultation.
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