On April 17th 2021 it was a rare celestial event, when moon came between Earth & Mars. This phenomenon is know as Occultation. Lunar Occultation occurs when the Moon passes in front of Mars. It is similar to eclipse. In the language of physics, Occultation is an astronomical phenomenon in which a large angular body obscures a much smaller angular sized body. Since the Moon is quite close to the Earth and Mars is far away. Mars appears to be a little dot in comparison to the Moon.
This event was visible with the naked eyes. During this time Mars as not visible in the sky for a short period of time, at least for 2 hours. Just after the occultation Mars was visible close to the waxing crescent. Images are captured at the end of the occultation. The disappearance was occur when it is still daylight.
Don't worry if you missed. this event, There are two more events of Moon & Mars Occultation in this year. On December 3 and December 31. The December 3 Occultation will be visible in the north-east Asia, whereas December 31 occultation will be visible in small parts of Australia. Previous occultation in the recent past were visible only from certain parts of earth, and luckily South India was a part of it. Each month, the moon passes very close to the mars with only few degrees of space between the two viewed from earth. As we see the pair from earth. but in real the distance between them is 325.8 million km.

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