Where is Mars?
Mars is currently in the constellation of Sagittarius. The current Right Ascension is 17h 58m 27s and the Declination is -23° 50’ 13”.
- Mars is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].
- It is visible looking in the South-South-West direction at an altitude of 12° above the horizon.
- Given its current magnitude, Mars is visible to the naked eye, easy and bright under dark skyes, might be more difficult from heavily light pollyuted areas.
- See also Mars rise and set times.
- Go to interactive sky chart
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Below you can see a simplified sky chart showing where Mars is right now in the sky with respect to the brightest stars and constellations. More advanced sky charts for Mars are available on TheSkyLive: 1) the Online Planetarium which is interactive and allows to select dates and additional objects to visualize; and 2) the Live Position and Data Tracker which provides the highest precision position data and features deep sky imagery from the Digitized Sky Survey.
