Mars: Opposition
Posted by Gerry Williams in Calendar, Chapter Updates on January 13, 2010
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
Mars opposition on Earth, Earth in inferior conjunction on Mars. Opposition is where the Earth is directly between Mars and the Sun.
Apparent brightness of Mars reaches -1.27 mag in constellation Cancer.
Distance from Earth: 0.6640 AU / 99,423,000 kilometers / 61,778,000 miles
Mars rises at 5:02pm PST
Unfortunately for viewing, Mars will be very close to the full moon this evening.
