Apparently this coming Wednesday night, Mars will be four times closer than it normally is, and the closest it’s been in over 50,000 years.
It’s been gradually getting brighter and brighter through August, but I keep forgetting to check on it at night, so maybe this will remind myself. Hopefully all the city light pollution won’t obscure it too much.
50,000 years??? Why, that means Binky’s seen it this close before — at least twice. ;-)