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Mars 2024/25
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Chronology of the 2024/25 Mars Apparition
- Nov 18, 2023
- Mars in conjunction with the Sun from Earth, in Leo.
Earth in superior conjunction with the Sun as seen from Mars.
Distance 378 million km (2.5261 AU), apparent diameter 3.706",
brightness +1.43 mag.
This conjunction, which also ends the 2022
apparition of Mars, starts the 2025 apparition of Mars.
- Jan 13, 2024
- Northern Autumn, Southern Spring Equinox on Mars.
- May 5, 2024
- Moon occults Mars.
- May 7, 2024
- Mars in Perihelion (1.38151 AU = 206.6 million km)
- Jun 8, 2024
- Northern Winter, Southern Summer Solstice on Mars.
- Nov 13, 2024
- Northern Spring, Southern Autumn Equinox on Mars.
- Dec 18, 2024
- Moon occults Mars.
- Jan 12, 2025
- Closest Approach of Mars and Earth (0.64228 AE = 96.06 million km).
Apparent diameter of Mars is 14.57".
- Jan 14, 2025
- Moon occults Mars.
- Jan 16, 2025
- Mars Opposition on Earth, Earth inferior conjunction on Mars.
Apparent brightness of Mars reaches -1.38 mag in constellation Gemini.
- Feb 9, 2025
- Moon occults Mars.
- Apr 16, 2025
- Mars in Aphelion (1.66606 AU = 249.2 million km)
- May 30, 2025
- Northern Summer, Southern Winter Solstice on Mars.
- Jun 30, 2025
- Moon occults Mars.
- Jul 28, 2025
- Moon occults Mars.
- Nov 30, 2025
- Northern Autumn, Southern Spring Equinox on Mars.
- Jan 9, 2026
- Mars in conjunction with the Sun from Earth, in Sagittarius.
Earth in superior conjunction with the Sun as seen from Mars.
Distance 360 million km (2.4038 AU), apparent diameter 3.896",
brightness +1.16 mag.
This conjunction ends the 2025 apparition of Mars.
It also starts the 2027 apparition of Mars.
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Last Modification: July 23, 2023