Mars reaches a solar elongation (angular distance from the Sun) of 15° West on January 9th 2024, at which time it is positioned in Eastern Sagittarius, at the far South of the zodiac. By this time it has become observable from Equatorial and Tropical latitudes. In mid-January Mars ...
The planets set in darkness at latitudes North of about 32° South.Jupiter and Mars are involved in two conjunctions during the period. Most conjunctions between these planets occur at solar elongations of less than 90°, when Mars is far from its brightest in any given apparition. Such is ...