Mars at opposition
Exact moment (showing UTC)
- Planet
- Mars
- Brightness
- magnitude -1.2
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What is happening
Mars is opposite the Sun in the sky, rising at sunset and setting at sunrise. This is when it is closest to Earth and at its brightest for the year, visible all night long.
Positions come from the JPL approximate planetary elements and are good to a few arcminutes; timings are accurate to within an hour or so.