Mars comes the closest to the Earth in the last 6 years, before Bloodmoon

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A huge night for stargazers is nearly here: On Monday evening, Mars will make its closest approach to Earth in six years, just ahead of a total eclipse of the moon.

Mars will be at its closest to Earth since 2008 when the Red Planet comes within 57.4 million miles of our planet. While that close approach occurs during the daytime, at 8:53 a.m. EDT, Mars will rise later in the southeastern night sky and shine throughout Monday evening as a sort of night sky preview for the first total lunar eclipse of 2014 early Tuesday.

Just missed it!!!