In Moscow on May 31 can be seen “polnomarsie” – BBC

In Moscow on May 31 can be seen “polnomarsie”, the agency said the city news “Moscow” with reference to the press service of the Moscow planetarium.

«At 14.00 May 22, 2016 Mars, while in 76 million km, will enter into a confrontation with the sun. The land would be exactly between the Sun and Mars and come “polnomarsie” – one of the best periods of observations of the Red Planet in the past two years. Watch Mars on May 22 in Moscow will not work because of bad weather cloudy. But closer to the closest approach on 31 May and the first week of June, when the weather is clear Moscow Planetarium invite visitors to astronomical observations “, – stated in the

It is noted that” polnomarsie. “- A term coined by analogy with the full moon . This phenomenon occurs every two years.

In 2015, residents of European Russia on the night of July 2, seen in the sky “Blue Moon».

Subscribe to channel “Gazety.Ru “in the Telegram, to be the first to know about important news and important events of the day.