November 3, 2022
Those getting into star gazing should get familiar with Universal Time (UT) as most astronomical events will be posted in UT. To convert to local St. Louis time, we are 5 hours behind UT during Daylight Saving Time and 6 hours behind when it is Daylight Standard Time. For example, a lunar occultation of Mars occurs at 3:05 UT December 8, 2022. However, St. Louis time the occultation starts at 9:05 pm CST on December 7, 2022.
The relative positioning of the Moon and Mars at 9:05 pm on December 7, 2022. At this point the Moon will begin to occult, or cover, the disk of Mars in the sky. Star map created using Stellarium