Baku - APA. Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August, PAA reports quoting assa.org.au.
The encounter will culminate on August 27th at 00:30 when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. It will look like The Earth has 2 Moons.