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Mars live position and data.
Right Ascension: 23.726112
Declination: -3.600324 (J2000) Magnitude: 0.72 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Aquarius
Sun Distance: 207886149 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 229043490 km [ km/s]
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Mars live position and data
This page shows Mars location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details). The sky map shown below represents a rectangular portion of the sky 60x40 arcminutes wide. By comparison the diameter of the full Moon is about 30 arcmins, so the full horizontal extent of the map is approximately 2 full Moons wide. Depending on the device you are using, the map can be dragged horizondally or vertically using the mouse or touchscreen. The deep sky image in the background is provided by the Digitized Sky Survey (acknowledgements).
Current close conjunctions
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Mars (less than 1.5 degrees):
| Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
| Star | HIP 116689 | 8.173 | 23h 38m 49s | -02° 57’ 35” |
| Star | HIP 117043 | 8.7766 | 23h 43m 36s | -03° 18’ 46” |
| Star | HIP 117112 | 7.2184 | 23h 44m 32s | -03° 10’ 31” |
| Star | HIP 117352 | 7.5332 | 23h 47m 39s | -04° 27’ 42” |
| Star | HIP 117375 | 5.4156 | 23h 47m 56s | -02° 45’ 41” |
| Star | HIP 116859 | 8.5462 | 23h 41m 13s | -02° 51’ 33” |
| Star | HIP 116864 | 8.9302 | 23h 41m 17s | -04° 25’ 23” |
| Star | HIP 117119 | 8.8968 | 23h 44m 34s | -05° 00’ 25” |
| Galaxy | NGC 7725 | 13.0 | 23h 39m 14s | -04° 32’ 21” |
| Galaxy | IC 1505 | 14.0 | 23h 41m 40s | -03° 33’ 20” |
| Galaxy | PGC 71954 | 13.1 | 23h 37m 52s | -03° 29’ 27” |
Additional resources
Additional Resources about Mars
- 15 Days Ephemerides
- Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
- Rise & Set Times
- Distance from Earth
- Light Curve
Astronomy databases
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:
- The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
- The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
- The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
- The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies
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