Mars Hoax

The Moon vs. Mars

Part of the 2006 Mars Hoax states "To the naked eye Mars will look as large as the full moon!"

Picture below shows actual Moon & Mars Apparent Size Comparison for 2006 August 27

Moon shown in waxing crescent phase, 4 days old — its phase on above date
(The Moon and Mars do not actually appear this close together on August 27)

Can't see Mars? It's nearly 500 times smaller looking than the Moon! Move cursor over image to show location of Mars (Angular sizes shown in arc sec) Then Click Image to Enlarge Although the Moon is actually about half the diameter of Mars, the Moon appears a lot bigger because the Moon is much closer to us than Mars