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Separation between Mars and the moon's upper edge is given in terms of minutes of arc (the apparent width of the moon on June 29 is 31 arc minutes), and the percentage of the apparent width of the moon.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 June 2025
For most locations, the upper limb of the moon will skim to within about 20 arc minutes (one-third of a degree) of Mars.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 June 2025
The technologies' outcome, like the number of stars, is also stupefying: The Mesopotamians might have been off by a finger or so held at arm's length, maybe a degree of arc, and Hipparchus was off by about half a degree, or 30 arc minutes.
—Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 June 2025
For most locations, the upper limb of the moon will skim to within about 20 arc minutes (one-third of a degree) of Mars.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 June 2025
The technologies' outcome, like the number of stars, is also stupefying: The Mesopotamians might have been off by a finger or so held at arm's length, maybe a degree of arc, and Hipparchus was off by about half a degree, or 30 arc minutes.
—Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Arc minute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arc%20minute. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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