The planet Mars ♂
Mars oppositions 2001 - 2035
| opposition | distance | height above horizon Kletzen |
diameter |
| 13.06.2001 | 67 Mio.Km | 12,5° | 20,55" |
| 28.08.2003 | 56 Mio.Km | 22,5° | 25,12″ |
| 07.11.2005 | 61 Mio.Km | 54,5° | 19,93″ |
| 24.12.2007 | 88 Mio.Km | 65° | 15,80″ |
| 29.01.2010 | 99 Mio.Km | 61° | 14,10″ |
| 03.03.2012 | 101 Mio.Km | 49 | 13,89″ |
| 08.04.2014 | 92 Mio.Km | 33° | 15,08″ |
| 22.05.2016 | 75 Mio.Km | 17° | 18,37″ |
| 27.07.2018 | 58 Mio.Km | 13° | 24,24″ |
| 13.10.2020 | 62 Mio.Km | 44° | 22,33 |
| 08.12.2022 | 81 Mio.Km | 63 | 17,03″ |
| 16.01.2025 | 96 Mio.Km | 64° | 14,54″ |
| 19.02.2027 | 101 Mio.Km | 54° | 13,81″ |
| 25.03.2029 | 97 Mio.Km | 40° | 14,42″ |
| 04.05.2031 | 83 Mio.Km | 23° | 16,75″ |
| 28.06.2033 | 64 Mio.Km | 11 | 21,91″ |
| 15.09.2035 | 57 Mio.Km | 30 | 24,52″ |
Mars Opposition 2022
In 2022 the ecliptic to the Mars opposition is very high with optimal observation time. At opposition, Mars reaches an altitude of 63° above the horizon. This means a particularly calm seeing when observing. Unfortunately, since 2020, the distance between both planets is increasing during the opposition in the next few years.
A very interesting constellation this year is also the occultation of Mars by the moon exactly at the Mars opposition on December 8th, 2022.
 05.02.2023 / 18:05 UTC apparent diameter: 10,19" distance: 137 Millionen km |
 09.04.2023 / 19:00 UTC apparent diameter: 6,08" distance: 230 Millionen km |
 28.05.2023 / 20:11 UTC apparent diameter: 4,74" distance: 295 Millionen km |
 23.11.2022 / 23:52 UTC apparent diameter: 17,05" distance: 82,2 millions km |
 15.12.2022 / 20:24 UTC apparent diameter: 16,54" distance: 84,7 millions km |
 15.12.2022 / 20:24-22:30 UTC Animation about 120 minutes, dramatic development of the disturbances caused by the Earth's atmosphere. |
 02.10.2022 / 00:34 UTC apparent diameter: 12" distance: 116 millions km |
 19.11.2022 / 22:56 UTC apparent diameter: 16,8" distance: 83,2 millions km |
 19.11.2022 / 22:59 UTC Animation about 30 minutes |
Mars Opposition 2020
Mars Opposition 2020 was optimal for visual and photographic observations of the red planet. The elliptical orbits of Earth and Mars brought the two planets within 40 million miles of each other. In addition, the planet was over 40° above the horizon at the opposition in the evening.
 11.10.2020 / 00:10 MESZ apparent diameter: 22,5" distance: 62,4 millions km |
 19.10.2020 / 22:56 MESZ apparent diameter: 21,8" distance: 64,2 millions km |
 24.10.2020 / 21:56 MESZ apparent diameter: 21,3" distance: 66 millions km |
 24.10.2020 / 22:04 MESZ apparent diameter: 21,3" distance: 66 millions km |
 24.10.2020 / 23:58 MESZ apparent diameter: 21,3" distance: 66 millions km |
 25.10.2020 / 00:23 MESZ apparent diameter: 21,0" distance: 66,6 millions km |
Mars Opposition 2014
On 04/08/2014 the planet Mars approaches the earth up to 92 million km. A particularly small polar cap is conspicuous this year.This time, too, I am observing the development with great interest and taking photographs as often as the weather permits. As always, my good old Phillips webcam is used for this. Lately I've been overlaying the color image with an infrared image. I use a standard IR pass filter for this. The wavelength of the IR radiation is longer, which has a positive effect on the images distorted by air turbulence. The recordings are sharper and richer in contrast.
 04.02.2014 |
 14.03.2014 |
 17.04.2014 |
 28.04.2014 |
 15.05.2014 |
Mars Opposition 2009-2010
On January 27th, 2010, Mars came very close to Earth again, but this time only 99.3 million km - almost twice as much as in 2003. During this period I made sure to always use the same magnification when taking pictures . So you can see how the rel. Magnitude that Mars developed from December 2009 - March 2010. I took every opportunity to get Mars in front of the webcam, with a lot of luck I actually got some shots. This is not always the case, because at this time of year it can be cloudy for 4 months at a time.
 03.12.2009 - 01:00 MEZ |
 17.12.2009 - 00:50 MEZ |
 29.12.2009 - 01:00 MEZ |
 10.01.2010 - 23:40 MEZ |
 22.01.2010 - 23:10 MEZ |
 26.01.2010 - 20:04 MEZ |
 31.01.2010 - 23:15 MEZ |
 03.02.2010 - 20:00 MEZ |
 21.02.2010 - 19:20 MEZ |
 01.03.2010 - 20:50 MEZ |
 09.03.2010 - 20:10 MEZ |
 23.03.2010 - 20:45 MEZ |
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The Mars Opposition August 27, 2003 at around 11 am
Everyone will remember the summer of the century 2003. So unbearably hot whatever the days were like back then, the nights were very pleasant, and not just because of the temperatures. Mars came closer to Earth this year than it has in almost 60,000 years. It is questionable whether the Neanderthals were able to observe Mars with such powerful devices as we can today. In any case, of course I didn't want to let this opportunity pass me by. The uniqueness of this historical event allowed optimize my recording technique. Fortunately, you can find many tips on the subject of planetary photography on the Internet, so that I was able to take thousands of pictures with a computer and webcam in one night, of which I added the best ones. This is necessary because the air distortions make 95% of the images unusable. The flood of data was sometimes barely manageable, so it's not surprising that I still have thousands of pictures on my hard drive waiting to be processed... probably for a long time! ;)
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Mars Previewer:
23.08.08 -00:45 |
23.08.2003 -00:45Uhr |
28.08.2003 -00:13Uhr |
28.08.2003 -00:30Uhr |
03.09.2003 -00:40Uhr |
18.09.2003 -23:45Uhr |
23.09.2003 -23:30Uhr |
12.10.2003 -22:57Uhr |