The moon was full Tuesday morning, but not from “eating” Mars the night before. See: https://eskildoodle.com/2025/01/12/moon-eats-mars-tomorrow-night/. It’s mid winter with short days and cold weather but by the next full moon in February, days will be noticeably longer and lengthening rapidly with the promise of warmer temperatures to come.
Mars did disappear behind the moon the night before but, unfortunately I was unable to watch it due to cloudy weather. Others did, however. See a posted video of the disappearance of Mars at: https://youtu.be/Xr1KygIuELw?si=vLfIV-BaWgBBIC4C. Its reemergence can be seen at: https://youtu.be/LDVuV46vKhs?si=yDUTTnbb_ivUT516.
The small apparent size of tiny Mars compared to the giant Moon shows why the moon is the much more interesting telescopic target.
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