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> Anyone see the Mars-moon conjunction, about 10 PM? Closer together
> than the width of a half-dollar. Mars was occulted for viewers in
> the west - anyone see that?
The rain ended, the skies cleared, and it was incredible to see so bright a planet so close to one of the most brilliant full moons in recent memory. I watched it off and on much of the night as Mars moved closer, or as I described it to my daughter's delight "Mars dancing with the moon."
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Dan Becker, Division Manager
City & Regional Planning Division
Raleigh Department of City Planning
919/516-2632
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