Mars is moving rapidly eastward through Pisces in the evening sky, at the tail end of its apparition which centered around Mars' near-perihelic opposition last July. Neptune's location is marked to the left of λ Aquarii, and Uranus' position is marked in the very upper left corner of the image. On this date, Mars is magnitude +0.54, Uranus is +5.76, and Neptune is +7.93. View showing ecliptic and its relationship to the planets' positions. Unannotated image. |