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Mars live position and data.
Right Ascension: 4.626217
Declination: 24.764943 (J2000) Magnitude: -0.10 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Taurus
Sun Distance: 240184678 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 139017367 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 21459 | 5.998 | 04h 36m 29s | +23° 20’ 27” |
| Star | HIP 21246 | 7.7706 | 04h 33m 28s | +24° 16’ 45” |
| Star | HIP 21788 | 8.766 | 04h 40m 49s | +23° 48’ 35” |
| Star | HIP 21813 | 8.3808 | 04h 41m 08s | +25° 59’ 34” |
| Star | HIP 21532 | 7.372 | 04h 37m 24s | +25° 43’ 38” |
| Star | HIP 21591 | 8.9658 | 04h 38m 09s | +24° 33’ 13” |
| Star | HIP 21961 | 6.102 | 04h 43m 13s | +24° 05’ 20” |
| Star | HIP 21174 | 7.4412 | 04h 32m 21s | +25° 11’ 08” |
| Star | HIP 21689 | 6.1958 | 04h 39m 23s | +25° 13’ 05” |
| Star | HIP 21863 | 7.1482 | 04h 42m 04s | +24° 00’ 38” |
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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