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 67117	8.597	13h 45m 22s	-10° 31’ 50”
Star	HIP 66600	8.3658	13h 39m 07s	-10° 23’ 24”
Star	HIP 66638	7.8462	13h 39m 34s	-10° 06’ 50”
Star	HIP 67112	8.5376	13h 45m 19s	-10° 31’ 26”
Star	HIP 66347	8.3254	13h 35m 54s	-09° 47’ 06”
Star	HIP 66659	8.8264	13h 39m 53s	-09° 17’ 05”
Star	HIP 66757	8.6376	13h 40m 57s	-08° 40’ 09”
Star	HIP 66646	8.2834	13h 39m 43s	-10° 14’ 51”
Star	HIP 66548	8.4816	13h 38m 29s	-11° 06’ 10”
Star	HIP 67145	8.5452	13h 45m 37s	-09° 35’ 41”
Star	HIP 66623	8.072	13h 39m 22s	-09° 20’ 43”
Star	HIP 66926	8.094	13h 42m 57s	-11° 18’ 07”
Star	HIP 66335	8.1462	13h 35m 42s	-10° 19’ 45”
Star	HIP 66803	4.8744	13h 41m 36s	-08° 42’ 11”
Star	HIP 66535	8.9346	13h 38m 19s	-09° 05’ 29”
Galaxy	PGC 48213	11.6	13h 38m 29s	-10° 42’ 15”
Galaxy	PGC 48179	12.8	13h 38m 10s	-09° 48’ 14”

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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