Mars and 136108 Haumea will share the same right ascension, with Mars passing 7°14' to the south of 136108 Haumea.
From South El Monte however, the pair will not be observable – they will reach their highest point in the sky during daytime and will be no higher than 15° above the horizon at dusk.
Mars will be at mag 1.2, and 136108 Haumea at mag 16.3, both in the constellation Sagittarius.
A graph of the angular separation between Mars and 136108 Haumea around the time of closest approach is available here.
The positions of the two objects at the moment of conjunction will be as follows:
| Object | Right Ascension | Declination | Constellation | Magnitude | Angular Size |
| Mars | 19h20m50s | 23°18'S | Sagittarius | 1.2 | 4"3 |
| 136108 Haumea | 19h20m50s | 16°04'S | Sagittarius | 16.3 | 0"0 |
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0. The pair will be at an angular separation of 29° from the Sun, which is in Ophiuchus at this time of year.
The sky on 10 May 2026
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All times shown in PDT.
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Source
The circumstances of this event were computed using the DE430 planetary ephemeris published by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
This event was automatically generated by searching the ephemeris for planetary alignments which are of interest to amateur astronomers, and the text above was generated based on an estimate of your location.
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Image credit
The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.