For the next two weeks, the Earth and Mars will converge at roughly 186 miles every minute, until settling at its closest orbital point on April 14.
"Astronomers call the occurrence "opposition of Mars," as the Red Planet and our sun will appear on opposite sides of the sky -- Mars rising in the east as the sun sets in the west. The phenomenon, which only happens every 26 months, puts Mars at its highest point around midnight, when the night sky is darkest and planet watching is at its best.
Earthlings will be at their closest to Mars on April 14. Remarkably, a full lunar eclipse is expected the following night. On both nights -- weather permitting -- [viewers in the America's] should be able to glimpse a bright red planet and a glowing red moon."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xngUpUyyT70
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2014.html#LE2014Apr15T
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2014/04/02/Mars-and-Earth-move-closer-together-this-month/8701396453904/?spt=sec&or=snl
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