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2005: When is Mars in the Night Sky?

In the table below are the Mars rise and transit times for October 18, 2005 to January 31, 2006 as viewed from Pasadena, California (home of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory). The times listed are Pacific Daylight Savings Time on a 24-hour clock.

Find out the rise and transit times for your area of the United States.

Rise time is when Mars first appears above the horizon. Transit time is when Mars reaches its highest point in the sky for that day.

Note that the rise time gets earlier with each passing day. On October 29, when Mars is closest to Earth, the rise time in the Los Angeles area will be 6:35 p.m.

The transit time also gets earlier and earlier, and reaches midnight around November 14, 2005.

Date Rise Transit
2005-Oct-18 19:33 02:25
2005-Oct-19 19:25 02:22
2005-Oct-20 19:22 02:14
2005-Oct-21 19:19 02:11
2005-Oct-22 19:11 02:03
2005-Oct-23 19:08 02:00
2005-Oct-24 19:00 01:52
2005-Oct-25 18:57 01:49
2005-Oct-26 18:49 01:46
2005-Oct-27 18:46 01:38
2005-Oct-28 18:43 01:35
2005-Oct-29 18:35 01:27
2005-Oct-30 18:32 01:24
2005-Oct-31 18:24 01:16
 
2005-Nov-01 18:18 01:10
2005-Nov-02 18:15 01:07
2005-Nov-03 18:07 00:59
2005-Nov-04 18:04 00:56
2005-Nov-05 18:01 00:48
2005-Nov-06 17:53 00:45
2005-Nov-07 17:50 00:37
2005-Nov-08 17:42 00:34
2005-Nov-09 17:39 00:31
2005-Nov-10 17:31 00:23
2005-Nov-11 17:28 00:20
2005-Nov-12 17:20 00:12
2005-Nov-13 17:17 00:09
2005-Nov-14 17:14 23:58
2005-Nov-15 17:06 23:50
2005-Nov-16 17:03 23:47
2005-Nov-17 16:55 23:39
2005-Nov-18 16:52 23:36
2005-Nov-19 16:49 23:33
2005-Nov-20 16:41 23:25
2005-Nov-21 16:38 23:22
2005-Nov-22 16:30 23:14
2005-Nov-23 16:27 23:11
2005-Nov-24 16:24 23:08
2005-Nov-25 16:16 23:00
2005-Nov-26 16:13 22:57
2005-Nov-27 16:10 22:54
2005-Nov-28 16:02 22:46
2005-Nov-29 15:59 22:43
2005-Nov-30 15:56 22:40
 
2005-Dec-01 15:49 22:33
2005-Dec-02 15:46 22:30
2005-Dec-03 15:43 22:27
2005-Dec-04 15:35 22:19
2005-Dec-05 15:32 22:16
2005-Dec-06 15:29 22:13
2005-Dec-07 15:26 22:10
2005-Dec-08 15:23 22:07
2005-Dec-09 15:15 21:59
2005-Dec-10 15:12 21:56
2005-Dec-11 15:09 21:53
2005-Dec-12 15:06 21:50
2005-Dec-13 15:03 21:47
2005-Dec-14 14:55 21:44
2005-Dec-15 14:52 21:36
2005-Dec-16 14:49 21:33
2005-Dec-17 14:46 21:30
2005-Dec-18 14:43 21:27
2005-Dec-19 14:40 21:24
2005-Dec-20 14:32 21:21
2005-Dec-21 14:29 21:18
2005-Dec-22 14:26 21:15
2005-Dec-23 14:23 21:12
2005-Dec-24 14:20 21:09
2005-Dec-25 14:17 21:06
2005-Dec-26 14:14 21:03
2005-Dec-27 14:11 20:55
2005-Dec-28 14:08 20:52
2005-Dec-29 14:05 20:49
2005-Dec-30 14:02 20:46
2005-Dec-31 13:54 20:43
 
2006-Jan-01 13:54 20:43
2006-Jan-02 13:51 20:40
2006-Jan-03 13:48 20:37
2006-Jan-04 13:45 20:34
2006-Jan-05 13:42 20:31
2006-Jan-06 13:39 20:28
2006-Jan-07 13:36 20:25
2006-Jan-08 13:33 20:22
2006-Jan-09 13:30 20:19
2006-Jan-10 13:27 20:16
2006-Jan-11 13:24 20:13
2006-Jan-12 13:21 20:10
2006-Jan-13 13:18 20:07
2006-Jan-14 13:15 20:09
2006-Jan-15 13:12 20:06
2006-Jan-16 13:09 20:03
2006-Jan-17 13:06 20:00
2006-Jan-18 13:03 19:57
2006-Jan-19 13:00 19:54
2006-Jan-20 12:57 19:51
2006-Jan-21 12:54 19:48
2006-Jan-22 12:51 19:45
2006-Jan-23 12:48 19:47
2006-Jan-24 12:45 19:44
2006-Jan-25 12:42 19:41
2006-Jan-26 12:39 19:38
2006-Jan-27 12:36 19:35
2006-Jan-28 12:33 19:32
2006-Jan-29 12:35 19:29
2006-Jan-30 12:29 19:28
2006-Jan-31 12:26 19:25
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