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Conjunction
Moon–Mars Conjunction
Moon and Mars appear about 2.6° apart in Leo.
Your local time
13 May 2027, 21:02
Universal time
13 May 2027, 15:32 UTC
Countdown
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Visible from New Delhi, IndiaNaked EyeVisible worldwide where sky conditions allow
Moon and Mars pass close together on the sky, separated by roughly 2.6 degrees at closest approach. They are not physically near each other — this is a line-of-sight alignment — but the pairing is striking to the unaided eye and easily fits in a single binocular field.
Observation details
- Visibility
- Visible
- Best viewing time
- 13 May 2027, 20:32
- Direction to look
- WSW · azimuth 246°
- Altitude at peak
- 58.9°
- Equipment
- Naked Eye
- Minimum separation
- 2.57°
- Constellation
- Leo
The object is 59° above your WSW horizon in a dark sky.
New Delhi, India
28.6139°, 77.2090° · default location
Photography & observing tips
- •Both objects fit comfortably in a single binocular field, and often in a telescope's low-power field.
- •Wide-angle shots that include foreground landscape make the pairing far more striking.
- •Twilight conjunctions photograph beautifully — expose for the sky, not the planets.
Other conjunction events
The nearest occurrences before and after this one.