Science / Mars Mars Makes Final Appearance Until 2012 Tonight It will look like a bright star near the moon By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff Posted Mar 25, 2010 2:54 PM CDT Copied The full Moon is seen in conjunction with the planet Mars, at right, in the sky over Tyler, Texas, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman) If you get a chance and the skies are clear tonight, take a gander up toward the moon. There should be one bright, solitary star next to the moon—or at least, it’ll look like a star. It’s actually Mars, and this will be your last chance to get a good look at it until it approaches the Earth again in 2012, Space.com explains. (More Mars stories.) Report an error