The best time to view this close conjunction of Mars and Jupiter is from midnight until dawn. On August 14, the planets will pass at a distance of 0°18′ from each other and will look like one bright ‘star’ Earlier, Vladimir Kosobokov, chief researcher at the Institute of Earthquake Forecast Theory and Mathematical Geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, spoke in a conversation with RT about the effect of the supermoon on seismic activity.
He said that supermoon will have a negative impact on the Russian economy.