Watch the moon eclipse Mars tonight - Space.com

(opens in new tab) Other viewing areas include Mexico, the Caribbean, Central American, and northwestern South America.

A full list of viewing times by location for both the lunar occultation of Mars and the appulse of the moon and the Red Planet can be found on Space.com courtesy of veteran skywatcher Joe Rao.

For those who can't see the event in person, the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles is hosting a free online livestream of the lunar occultation of Mars courtesy of the observatory's website(opens in new tab) or its YouTube channel(opens in new tab).

(Image credit: Celestron)For those who live outside the zone of visibility of the lunar occultation, you'll still be able to witness the conjunction of the moon and Mars, as the two celestial bodies will share the same right ascension (celestial equivalent of latitude) in an arrangement known as a conjunction.

From New York City, the moon and Mars will be just one-tenth of a degree apart, according to In-the-sky.org(opens in new tab).

As a 10-day-old moon in its waxing gibbous phase, its surface will be 74 percent illuminated from the perspective of Earth.