"If the moon and a planet are near Castor and Pollux you have an impressive show." From our earthly perspective, the moon and Mars will appear closest to each other at around 8 p.

but a planet. Facing due east this week at around 6:30 p.m. local time, we can see an almost perfect isosceles triangle formed by the bright stars marking the heads of Gemini the Twins, Pollux and ...