The Moon occults Mars — 2 November 2026
Lunar occultation of the planet Mars · Monday 2 November 2026 · World
The Moon hides Mars, but from no large city — the map shows where.
Where it can be seen
The gold line is the north limit: along it Mars grazes the Moon's northern edge. North of the line it is a near miss — from Santiago, CL Mars passes just 23.0′ outside the limb — and a graze seen from right on the line, Mars blinking in and out behind lunar mountains, is the finest view of all. The solid line is traced against the real lunar limb — LRO LOLA terrain, the mountains and valleys that are on the edge for this libration — and sits +0.2 to +4.7 km from the mean-sphere line (dotted).
The violet shading is where the Sun has set by the time of the event, so the reappearance happens in a darkening sky.
Tap the map to set your location; pinch it to zoom in. Take the graze line with you: KML for Google Earth / Maps · GPX for a phone GPS app.
At the Moon's edge
Mars's path across the Moon from your location — north up, east to the left as in binoculars. Times here are computed in your browser from the same ephemeris as the table, to the same ±2 s. Drag the slider to move it along its track.
Advanced · graze profile against the real lunar limb
For graze chasers. The lunar limb as it really is for your libration — LRO LOLA terrain, in km above and below the mean sphere — with Mars's track drawn across it six minutes either side of each contact. Where the track dips below the terrain, Mars is hidden; near a graze it blinks behind peaks.
City by city
Times are against the real lunar limb (LRO LOLA terrain at each city's own libration). Disappears is the moment Mars is fully hidden (its disc takes from the earlier time to slide in); reappears is when the first sliver returns. Where to look is the Moon's height above the horizon (0° is the horizon, 90° straight up) and compass direction at that moment, and whether the Sun is still up.
| City | Mars disappears (UTC) | reappears (UTC) | hidden | Where to look |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lima, PE | misses — Mars passes 37.4′ from the limb at 14:30 | 41° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +56° | ||
| Mexico City, MX | misses — Mars passes 45.9′ from the limb at 13:00 | 85° up (high) in the SE · daylight, Sun +4° | ||
| New York City, US | misses — Mars passes 75.4′ from the limb at 13:16 | 56° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +17° | ||
| São Paulo, BR | misses — Mars passes 41.1′ from the limb at 15:11 | 2° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +80° | ||
All 48 other cities
| City | Mars disappears (UTC) | reappears (UTC) | hidden | Where to look |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asunción, PY | misses — Mars passes 35.8′ from the limb at 15:05 | 12° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +78° | ||
| Belo Horizonte, BR | misses — Mars passes 45.4′ from the limb at 15:10 | 0° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +81° | ||
| Belém, BR | misses — Mars passes 60.5′ from the limb at 14:53 | 14° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +76° | ||
| Bogotá, CO | misses — Mars passes 52.0′ from the limb at 14:08 | 51° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +48° | ||
| Brasília, BR | misses — Mars passes 48.1′ from the limb at 15:06 | 6° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +87° | ||
| Brooklyn, US | misses — Mars passes 75.4′ from the limb at 13:16 | 56° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +17° | ||
| Buenos Aires, AR | misses — Mars passes 26.9′ from the limb at 15:07 | 8° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +69° | ||
| Calgary, CA | misses — Mars passes 67.8′ from the limb at 12:32 | 49° up in the SE · dark sky | ||
| Cali, CO | misses — Mars passes 49.5′ from the limb at 14:06 | 53° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +46° | ||
| Caracas, VE | misses — Mars passes 60.7′ from the limb at 14:11 | 45° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +51° | ||
| Chicago, US | misses — Mars passes 69.5′ from the limb at 12:57 | 63° up (high) in the SSW · daylight, Sun +5° | ||
| Ciudad Juárez, MX | misses — Mars passes 52.7′ from the limb at 12:41 | 68° up (high) in the SE · dusk | ||
| Curitiba, BR | misses — Mars passes 38.5′ from the limb at 15:10 | 3° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +79° | ||
| Córdoba, AR | misses — Mars passes 27.6′ from the limb at 15:02 | 14° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +69° | ||
| Dallas, US | misses — Mars passes 58.1′ from the limb at 12:51 | 72° up (high) in the SSE · daylight, Sun +0° | ||
| Ecatepec de Morelos, MX | misses — Mars passes 46.1′ from the limb at 13:00 | 85° up (high) in the SE · daylight, Sun +4° | ||
| Fortaleza, BR | misses — Mars passes 61.7′ from the limb at 15:02 | 2° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +74° | ||
| Goiânia, BR | misses — Mars passes 46.8′ from the limb at 15:06 | 7° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +88° | ||
| Guadalajara, MX | misses — Mars passes 44.5′ from the limb at 12:53 | 79° up (high) in the ESE · sunset twilight | ||
| Guayaquil, EC | misses — Mars passes 43.0′ from the limb at 14:09 | 53° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +45° | ||
| Havana, CU | misses — Mars passes 59.3′ from the limb at 13:22 | 71° up (high) in the WSW · daylight, Sun +22° | ||
| Houston, US | misses — Mars passes 56.4′ from the limb at 12:55 | 76° up (high) in the S · daylight, Sun +3° | ||
| Iztapalapa, MX | misses — Mars passes 45.9′ from the limb at 13:00 | 85° up (high) in the SE · daylight, Sun +4° | ||
| La Paz, BO | misses — Mars passes 38.8′ from the limb at 14:49 | 28° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +69° | ||
| León de los Aldama, MX | misses — Mars passes 45.8′ from the limb at 12:55 | 81° up (high) in the SE · daylight, Sun +0° | ||
| Los Angeles, US | misses — Mars passes 50.8′ from the limb at 12:28 | 57° up in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| Manaus, BR | misses — Mars passes 54.2′ from the limb at 14:43 | 27° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +71° | ||
| Manhattan, US | misses — Mars passes 75.4′ from the limb at 13:16 | 56° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +17° | ||
| Maracaibo, VE | misses — Mars passes 57.9′ from the limb at 14:02 | 51° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +46° | ||
| Medellín, CO | misses — Mars passes 52.1′ from the limb at 14:02 | 54° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +44° | ||
| Montréal, CA | misses — Mars passes 78.2′ from the limb at 13:12 | 53° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +14° | ||
| Philadelphia, US | misses — Mars passes 74.4′ from the limb at 13:15 | 58° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +17° | ||
| Phoenix, US | misses — Mars passes 52.1′ from the limb at 12:34 | 62° up (high) in the SE · dark sky | ||
| Porto Alegre, BR | misses — Mars passes 33.6′ from the limb at 15:10 | 3° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +75° | ||
| Puebla, MX | misses — Mars passes 46.1′ from the limb at 13:02 | 86° up (high) in the SE · daylight, Sun +6° | ||
| Queens, US | misses — Mars passes 75.4′ from the limb at 13:16 | 56° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +17° | ||
| Quito, EC | misses — Mars passes 45.4′ from the limb at 14:08 | 53° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +46° | ||
| San Antonio, US | misses — Mars passes 54.5′ from the limb at 12:51 | 75° up (high) in the SSE · sunset twilight | ||
| San Diego, US | misses — Mars passes 49.8′ from the limb at 12:30 | 58° up in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | misses — Mars passes 40.2′ from the limb at 14:55 | 21° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +75° | ||
| Santiago de Querétaro, MX | misses — Mars passes 46.1′ from the limb at 12:57 | 83° up (high) in the SE · daylight, Sun +2° | ||
| Santiago, CL | misses — Mars passes 23.0′ from the limb at 14:58 | 19° up in the NW · daylight, Sun +63° | ||
| Santo Domingo, DO | misses — Mars passes 64.2′ from the limb at 13:52 | 53° up in the W · daylight, Sun +40° | ||
| The Bronx, US | misses — Mars passes 75.5′ from the limb at 13:16 | 56° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +17° | ||
| Tijuana, MX | misses — Mars passes 49.7′ from the limb at 12:30 | 58° up in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| Toronto, CA | misses — Mars passes 74.6′ from the limb at 13:06 | 58° up in the SSW · daylight, Sun +11° | ||
| Valencia, VE | misses — Mars passes 59.8′ from the limb at 14:10 | 46° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +50° | ||
| Zapopan, MX | misses — Mars passes 44.5′ from the limb at 12:53 | 79° up (high) in the ESE · sunset twilight | ||
How to watch
Method & accuracy
Positions from the JPL DE431 ephemeris (Skyfield), ΔT = 69.1 s. The city table's contact times and the solid limit line use the real lunar limb — the silhouette of LRO LOLA terrain (LDEM_64, ~0.5 km) at each observer's own libration — so they carry the mountains and valleys that a mean sphere misses (up to a few seconds at ordinary contacts, tens of seconds near a graze). The any-location solver in your browser and the shaded region still use the mean sphere of 1737.4 km (±2 s). Mars's own disc (7″ across) is included: partial contacts are the from/to times. The numbers behind this page: mars-2026-11-02.json. Generated 2026-09-14.