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Mars Opposition Depiction
Mars Opposition of May 22, 2016
Opposition at: May 22, 2016 10:00:00 hrs UTC 0.509514 AU (47,000,000 miles)
Closest at: May 31, 2016 06:00:00 hrs UTC 0.503210 AU (47,000,000 miles)
With perihelion 5 months after opposition, this is a relatively close approach with Mars reaching 18.5".
All Mars Oppositions 2000 - 2049 AD
<<-- Mars Opposition of April 8, 2014Mars Opposition of July 27, 2018 -->>
Superior Conjunction: 14 Jun 2015Superior Conjunction: 26 Jul 2017
Aphelion
November 20, 2015
Perihelion
October 29, 2016
30d Elong30d Elong
20 Sep 2015
+1.8 mV
3.84"
11 Nov 2015
+1.7 mV
4.4"
02 Jan 2016
+1.2 mV
5.61"
23 Feb 2016
+0.4 mV
8.21"
15 Apr 2016
-1.0 mV
13.88"
07 Jun 2016
-1.9 mV
18.45"
29 Jul 2016
-0.8 mV
13.24"
19 Sep 2016
-0.1 mV
9.37"
10 Nov 2016
+0.5 mV
7.15"
01 Jan 2017
+0.9 mV
5.69"
22 Feb 2017
+1.3 mV
4.69"
16 Apr 2017
+1.5 mV
4.04"
98% illum
+22.8° NP
70° transit
95% illum
+25.4° NP
58° transit
91% illum
+20.0° NP
47° transit
90% illum
+10.9° NP
39° transit
95% illum
+6.0° NP
35° transit
99% illum
+13.5° NP
35° transit
88% illum
+13.6° NP
34° transit
85% illum
+1.5° NP
31° transit
87% illum
-14.5° SP
35° transit
90% illum
-25.4° SP
48° transit
94% illum
-24.1° SP
64° transit
97% illum
-12.3° SP
76°° transit
Northern Summer
January 3, 2016
Northern Fall
July 4, 2016
Northern Winter
November 28, 2016
DateDistanceMagnitudeDiameterPhase AngleIllumTiltH-LongTransit
September 28, 2015222,943,243+1.8 mV3.9"19°97%+23.9° NP133°68°
October 8, 2015218,110,174+1.8 mV4.0"21°97%+24.8° NP137°66°
October 18, 2015212,677,703+1.8 mV4.1"23°96%+25.3° NP142°64°
October 28, 2015206,672,376+1.7 mV4.2"25°95%+25.6° NP146°61°
November 7, 2015200,115,774+1.7 mV4.4"26°95%+25.5° NP150°59°
November 17, 2015193,021,791+1.6 mV4.5"28°94%+25.1° NP155°57°
November 27, 2015185,439,652+1.6 mV4.7"30°93%+24.4° NP159°54°
December 7, 2015177,406,460+1.5 mV4.9"31°93%+23.5° NP164°52°
December 17, 2015168,960,142+1.4 mV5.2"32°92%+22.3° NP168°50°
December 27, 2015160,171,879+1.3 mV5.4"34°92%+20.9° NP172°48°
January 6, 2016151,093,814+1.2 mV5.8"35°91%+19.3° NP177°46°
January 16, 2016141,787,215+1.1 mV6.1"36°91%+17.6° NP181°44°
January 26, 2016132,341,361+0.9 mV6.6"37°90%+15.8° NP186°42°
February 5, 2016122,821,983+0.8 mV7.1"37°90%+14.0° NP190°41°
February 15, 2016113,313,270+0.6 mV7.7"37°90%+12.2° NP195°40°
February 25, 2016103,921,438+0.4 mV8.4"37°90%+10.5° NP199°38°
March 6, 201694,731,912+0.1 mV9.2"36°90%+9.0° NP204°37°
March 16, 201685,863,596-0.1 mV10.1"35°91%+7.7° NP209°37°
March 26, 201677,456,555-0.4 mV11.2"33°92%+6.7° NP213°36°
April 5, 201669,648,428-0.7 mV12.5"30°93%+6.1° NP218°36°
April 15, 201662,635,783-1.0 mV13.9"26°95%+6.0° NP223°35°
April 25, 201656,637,327-1.3 mV15.4"20°97%+6.5° NP228°35°
May 5, 201651,880,789-1.6 mV16.8"13°99%+7.6° NP233°35°
May 15, 201648,613,945-1.9 mV17.9"100%+9.3° NP238°35°
May 25, 201646,980,084-2.1 mV18.5"100%+11.3° NP243°35°
June 4, 201646,984,142-1.9 mV18.5"12°99%+13.1° NP249°35°
June 14, 201648,482,674-1.8 mV18.0"20°97%+14.6° NP254°35°
June 24, 201651,183,840-1.5 mV17.0"27°95%+15.4° NP260°35°
July 4, 201654,792,045-1.3 mV15.9"32°92%+15.6° NP265°35°
July 14, 201659,039,562-1.1 mV14.8"37°90%+15.1° NP271°35°
July 24, 201663,698,880-0.9 mV13.7"40°88%+14.2° NP277°34°
August 3, 201668,633,302-0.7 mV12.7"42°87%+12.7° NP283°33°
August 13, 201673,735,505-0.6 mV11.8"44°86%+10.8° NP288°33°
August 23, 201678,931,052-0.4 mV11.0"45°85%+8.6° NP295°32°
September 2, 201684,199,371-0.3 mV10.3"46°85%+6.1° NP301°31°
September 12, 201689,512,406-0.1 mV9.7"46°85%+3.4° NP307°31°
September 22, 201694,860,989-0.0 mV9.2"46°85%+0.4° NP313°31°
October 2, 2016100,265,140+0.1 mV8.7"46°85%-2.7° SP319°31°
October 12, 2016105,721,209+0.2 mV8.2"45°85%-5.8° SP326°31°
October 22, 2016111,240,683+0.3 mV7.8"45°86%-8.9° SP332°32°
November 1, 2016116,849,323+0.4 mV7.5"44°86%-12.0° SP338°33°
November 11, 2016122,542,802+0.5 mV7.1"43°87%-14.9° SP345°35°
November 21, 2016128,331,761+0.6 mV6.8"42°87%-17.7° SP351°37°
December 1, 2016134,230,347+0.6 mV6.5"41°88%-20.1° SP357°39°
December 11, 2016140,221,323+0.7 mV6.2"39°89%-22.3° SP42°
December 21, 2016146,304,448+0.8 mV6.0"38°89%-24.0° SP10°45°
December 31, 2016152,475,136+0.9 mV5.7"37°90%-25.3° SP16°48°
January 10, 2017158,700,047+1.0 mV5.5"35°91%-26.1° SP22°51°
January 20, 2017164,966,616+1.0 mV5.3"34°92%-26.4° SP28°54°
January 30, 2017171,252,446+1.1 mV5.1"32°92%-26.3° SP34°57°
February 9, 2017177,511,878+1.2 mV4.9"30°93%-25.6° SP40°60°
February 19, 2017183,724,241+1.2 mV4.7"29°94%-24.5° SP45°63°
March 1, 2017189,854,948+1.3 mV4.6"27°95%-22.9° SP51°66°
March 11, 2017195,853,106+1.4 mV4.5"25°95%-21.0° SP57°69°
March 21, 2017201,695,707+1.4 mV4.3"24°96%-18.9° SP62°71°
March 31, 2017207,342,249+1.5 mV4.2"22°96%-16.4° SP67°73°
April 10, 2017212,743,341+1.5 mV4.1"20°97%-13.8° SP73°75°
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