Celestial calendar

MARS

Visibility of the Mars in 1998:

Mars can be seen in the evening sky in Capricornus, then Aquarius from the last week of January and passing into Pisces at the end of February until just after the first week of March when it becomes too close to the Sun for observation. It reappears in the morning sky during the second week of July in Gemini (passing 6^o S of Pollux on August 11). It remains in the morning sky for the rest of the year moving into Cancer in mid-August, Leo in mid-September (passing 0.9^o N of Regulus on October 6) and Virgo from the second half of November.

Date	Apparent Right Ascension	Apparent Declination	Magnitude	Date	Apparent Right Ascension	Apparent Declination	Magnitude
Jan.1	20^h 54.2^m	-18^o 39^'	1.2^m	Sep.6	8^h 52.5^m	18^o 42^'	1.7^m
Jan.17	21^h 44.3^m	-14^o 44^'	1.2^m	Sep.22	9^h 32.9^m	15^o 50^'	1.7^m
Feb.2	22^h 32.6^m	-10^o 12^'	1.2^m	Oct.8	10^h 11.4^m	12^o 37^'	1.7^m
Feb.18	23^h 19.2^m	-5^o 17^'	1.2^m	Oct.24	10^h 48.3^m	9^o 09^'	1.6^m
Mar.6	0^h 04.8^m	-0^o 12^'	1.2^m	Nov.9	11^h 23.6^m	5^o 36^'	1.5^m
Jul.20	6^h 40.0^m	23^o 50^'	1.6^m	Nov.25	11^h 57.6^m	2^o 03^'	1.4^m
Aug.5	7^h 25.9^m	22^o 49^'	1.7^m	Dec.11	12^h 30.3^m	-1^o 20^'	1.3^m
Aug.21	8^h 10.1^m	21^o 04^'	1.7^m	Dec.27	13^h 01.4^m	-4^o 31^'	1.1^m

Visible way of the Mars in 1998 (from January to March):

Visible way of the Mars in 1998 (from April to August):

Visible way of the Mars in 1998 (from September to December):

Note: All the times in this page are expressed in universal time (UT).
For Kyiv Local_Time=UT+2^h (and Local_Time=UT+3^h for summer time).