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Mars is bigger and brighter this weekend than it will be all year. Here's how to see it

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Mars will be visible from New York City beginning around 5:43 p.m. EST ( 2243 GMT ) when it reaches an altitude of 7 degrees above the horizon to the northeast .

The Red Planet will pass within 0.64 astronautical units (AU) of Earth while in the constellation Cancer .

This weekend ’s perigee will bring Mars the closest it has been to Earth since 2022 .

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