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 32678	8.4462	06h 48m 58s	+23° 44’ 32”
Star	HIP 32688	6.7982	06h 49m 08s	+23° 12’ 06”
Star	HIP 32800	8.3046	06h 50m 16s	+24° 09’ 25”
Star	HIP 32906	7.8646	06h 51m 21s	+23° 21’ 50”
Star	HIP 32942	8.8974	06h 51m 43s	+25° 02’ 53”
Star	HIP 32968	5.5332	06h 52m 00s	+23° 36’ 06”
Star	HIP 33097	8.1174	06h 53m 36s	+22° 46’ 34”
Star	HIP 33212	6.8084	06h 54m 42s	+24° 14’ 44”
Star	HIP 33251	7.6396	06h 55m 04s	+22° 33’ 37”
Star	HIP 33300	7.7642	06h 55m 37s	+24° 00’ 28”
Star	HIP 33360	7.5832	06h 56m 18s	+25° 00’ 31”
Star	HIP 33397	8.5892	06h 56m 47s	+24° 17’ 51”
Star	HIP 33419	6.732	06h 56m 59s	+24° 38’ 34”
Star	HIP 33422	7.5586	06h 57m 01s	+24° 57’ 27”
Star	HIP 33497	7.5974	06h 57m 46s	+22° 53’ 34”
Star	HIP 33566	7.9892	06h 58m 27s	+24° 55’ 13”
Star	HIP 33757	7.1744	07h 00m 40s	+23° 26’ 24”
Star	HIP 33777	8.81	07h 00m 51s	+23° 35’ 58”

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:

1. 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
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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