Two Moons on August 27?

NPDJs

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    As posted on the Internet, June 23, 2010:

    Dear all,

    Two moons on 27th August 2010

    27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for....

    Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultivate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles off earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 @ 11:00 PM (UAE Local Time). It will look like the earth has 2 moons.

    The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.
     
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    Mr PERERA

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    Mars WILL look about the same size and brightness as another celestial body on 27th August, But that body is NOT the Moon, but ALDEBARAN, the bright red giant that is the eye of the bull and the brightest star in Taurus and Mars will be very close to Aldebaran in the sky too. Mars will be about +0.7 magnitude and Aldebaran is +0.85 magnitude.

    You can see where the Moon is yourself, and it is nowhere near Mars and Aldebaran. So Mars will not be appearing "side by side"
    with the Moon. Indeed the Moon has got a Lunar eclipse booked in its diary for August 28th and it is rather curious that the hoaxsters, who claim to know so much about the Moon, do not seem to know about this!
     

    anuru_1

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