Mars (Planet)

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From Fairfield , Mars is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 20:35, when it reaches an altitude of 8° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:06, 70° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:43, 40° above your western horizon.

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Name Mars
Object type Superior planet
Current position
Computed for:11 December 2024
Right ascension:08h35m [2]
Declination:+21°45' [2]
Constellation:Cancer
Magnitude:-0.73 (V) [1]
Angular diameter:12.6 arcsec[2]
Distance:0.74 AU
6.19 lightmin [2]
Angular motion (speed):4.99 arcmin/day[2]
Angular motion (pos ang):319.7°
Orbital elements [2]
Semi-major axis:1.52 AU
Eccentricity:0.093394
Inclination:1.85°
Longitude ascending node:49.56°
Argument of perihelion:-73.50°
Epoch of elements:01 January 2000
Mean Anomaly at epoch:19.39°
Absolute mag (H):-1.46 [1]
Slope parameter (n):2.00 [1]
Derived quantities
Perihelion:1.38 AU
Aphelion:1.67 AU
Orbital period:1.88 years
Sources
[1] Robin M. Green, Spherical Astronomy, 1985, ISBN 0-521-31779-7
[2] Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, 2013, Urban & Seidelmann, Eds., Table 8.7, ISBN 978-1-891389-85-6
Visibility from Fairfield

All times shown in Fairfield local time.

Events
06 Dec 2024  –  Mars enters retrograde motion
18 Dec 2024  –  Lunar occultation of Mars
12 Jan 2025  –  Mars at perigee
13 Jan 2025  –  Lunar occultation of Mars
15 Jan 2025  –  Mars at opposition
09 Feb 2025  –  Lunar occultation of Mars
23 Feb 2025  –  Mars ends retrograde motion
16 Apr 2025  –  Mars at aphelion
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