The Moon occults Mars — 5 October 2026
Lunar occultation of the planet Mars · Monday 5 October 2026 · World
Watch from (UTC)
06:29 – 07:16
16 of 184 listed cities see it
Mars hidden for
up to 38 min
Daqing, CN, 38 min
The Moon hides Mars for up to 38 minutes, in daylight. 16 of the world's big cities see it; Novosibirsk, RU misses by 0.1′.
Where it can be seen
sees the occultation
after sunset
graze limit
city sees it
near miss
The gold line is the north limit: along it Mars grazes the Moon's northern edge. North of the line it is a near miss — from Novosibirsk, RU Mars passes just 0.1′ outside the limb — and a graze seen from right on the line, Mars blinking in and out behind lunar mountains, is the finest view of all.
The violet shading is where the Sun has set by the time of the event, so the reappearance happens in a darkening sky.
Tap the map to set your location.
At the Moon's edge
Mars's path across the Moon from your location — north up, east to the left as in binoculars. Times here are computed in your browser from the same ephemeris as the table, to the same ±2 s. Drag the slider to move it along its track.
City by city
Times are for the Moon's mean limb; the real limb's mountains and valleys shift each contact by up to a couple of seconds. Disappears is the moment Mars is fully hidden (its disc takes from the earlier time to slide in); reappears is when the first sliver returns.
| City | Mars disappears (UTC) | reappears (UTC) | hidden | Moon alt. | Sky |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbin, CN | 06:30:02from 06:29:50 | 07:07:07to 07:07:19 | 37 min | +1° | daylight, Sun +24° |
| Tangshan, CN | 06:47:56from 06:47:40 | 07:14:49to 07:15:05 | 27 min | +0° | daylight, Sun +30° |
| Beijing, CN | 06:48:53from 06:48:36 | 07:15:17to 07:15:33 | 26 min | +2° | daylight, Sun +31° |
| Tianjin, CN | 06:49:57from 06:49:40 | 07:15:17to 07:15:34 | 25 min | +1° | daylight, Sun +31° |
| Hohhot, CN | 06:50:58from 06:50:40 | 07:15:54to 07:16:12 | 25 min | +5° | daylight, Sun +33° |
| Datong, CN | 06:51:13from 06:50:54 | 07:15:54to 07:16:12 | 25 min | +4° | daylight, Sun +33° |
| Baoding, CN | 06:52:10from 06:51:51 | 07:15:46to 07:16:04 | 24 min | +1° | daylight, Sun +32° |
| Baotou, CN | 06:53:04from 06:52:44 | 07:16:02to 07:16:21 | 23 min | +6° | daylight, Sun +34° |
| Shijiazhuang, CN | 06:55:16from 06:54:55 | 07:15:56to 07:16:17 | 21 min | +1° | daylight, Sun +33° |
| Bayan Nur, CN | 06:55:21from 06:54:58 | 07:15:47to 07:16:10 | 20 min | +7° | daylight, Sun +35° |
| Ordos, CN | 06:55:56from 06:55:34 | 07:16:07to 07:16:29 | 20 min | +5° | daylight, Sun +34° |
| Taiyuan, CN | 06:57:51from 06:57:26 | 07:15:58to 07:16:22 | 18 min | +2° | daylight, Sun +34° |
| Lüliang, CN | 07:00:43from 07:00:13 | 07:15:35to 07:16:04 | 15 min | +2° | daylight, Sun +34° |
| Wuzhong, CN | 07:08:24from 07:06:47 | 07:11:39to 07:13:15 | 3 min | +5° | daylight, Sun +36° |
| Chengdu, CN | misses — Mars passes 3.7′ from the limb at 07:20 | +1° | daylight, Sun +40° | ||
| Istanbul, TR | misses — Mars passes 27.1′ from the limb at 06:33 | +67° | daylight, Sun +26° | ||
| Kinshasa, CD | misses — Mars passes 70.8′ from the limb at 07:41 | +59° | daylight, Sun +44° | ||
| Lagos, NG | misses — Mars passes 69.1′ from the limb at 06:23 | +70° | daylight, Sun +12° | ||
All 166 other cities
| City | Mars disappears (UTC) | reappears (UTC) | hidden | Moon alt. | Sky |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abidjan, CI | misses — Mars passes 72.1′ from the limb at 05:30 | +53° | dusk | ||
| Abobo, CI | misses — Mars passes 72.0′ from the limb at 05:30 | +52° | dusk | ||
| Abu Dhabi, AE | misses — Mars passes 24.9′ from the limb at 07:36 | +39° | daylight, Sun +60° | ||
| Abuja, NG | misses — Mars passes 64.9′ from the limb at 06:42 | +77° | daylight, Sun +20° | ||
| Accra, GH | misses — Mars passes 71.1′ from the limb at 05:58 | +62° | daylight, Sun +2° | ||
| Adana, TR | misses — Mars passes 27.0′ from the limb at 06:52 | +63° | daylight, Sun +35° | ||
| Addis Ababa, ET | misses — Mars passes 44.7′ from the limb at 07:54 | +46° | daylight, Sun +66° | ||
| Agra, IN | misses — Mars passes 12.9′ from the limb at 07:34 | +19° | daylight, Sun +55° | ||
| Ahmedabad, IN | misses — Mars passes 17.4′ from the limb at 07:41 | +21° | daylight, Sun +60° | ||
| Al Başrah al Qadīmah, IQ | misses — Mars passes 24.6′ from the limb at 07:20 | +49° | daylight, Sun +50° | ||
| Al Mawşil al Jadīdah, IQ | misses — Mars passes 23.4′ from the limb at 07:03 | +55° | daylight, Sun +41° | ||
| Aleppo, SY | misses — Mars passes 26.6′ from the limb at 06:56 | +61° | daylight, Sun +37° | ||
| Alexandria, EG | misses — Mars passes 33.9′ from the limb at 06:57 | +69° | daylight, Sun +36° | ||
| Algiers, DZ | misses — Mars passes 39.6′ from the limb at 05:32 | +62° | sunset twilight | ||
| Almaty, KZ | misses — Mars passes 5.6′ from the limb at 07:07 | +28° | daylight, Sun +42° | ||
| Ankara, TR | misses — Mars passes 26.1′ from the limb at 06:42 | +64° | daylight, Sun +30° | ||
| Antalya, TR | misses — Mars passes 29.3′ from the limb at 06:45 | +67° | daylight, Sun +31° | ||
| Antananarivo, MG | misses — Mars passes 62.2′ from the limb at 08:21 | +19° | daylight, Sun +75° | ||
| Astana, KZ | misses — Mars passes 4.5′ from the limb at 06:50 | +34° | daylight, Sun +34° | ||
| Baghdad, IQ | misses — Mars passes 24.7′ from the limb at 07:11 | +53° | daylight, Sun +45° | ||
| Baku, AZ | misses — Mars passes 17.8′ from the limb at 07:01 | +49° | daylight, Sun +41° | ||
| Bamako, ML | misses — Mars passes 65.2′ from the limb at 05:00 | +45° | dark sky | ||
| Bannu, PK | misses — Mars passes 12.6′ from the limb at 07:25 | +28° | daylight, Sun +52° | ||
| Baoji, CN | misses — Mars passes 1.3′ from the limb at 07:14 | +1° | daylight, Sun +36° | ||
| Barcelona, ES | misses — Mars passes 35.1′ from the limb at 05:27 | +58° | sunset twilight | ||
| Basrah, IQ | misses — Mars passes 24.6′ from the limb at 07:20 | +49° | daylight, Sun +50° | ||
| Bazhong, CN | misses — Mars passes 2.6′ from the limb at 07:17 | +0° | daylight, Sun +38° | ||
| Beirut, LB | misses — Mars passes 29.0′ from the limb at 06:59 | +63° | daylight, Sun +38° | ||
| Bengaluru, IN | misses — Mars passes 22.3′ from the limb at 07:53 | +11° | daylight, Sun +64° | ||
| Benin City, NG | misses — Mars passes 68.1′ from the limb at 06:38 | +73° | daylight, Sun +18° | ||
| Berlin, DE | misses — Mars passes 22.6′ from the limb at 05:46 | +57° | daylight, Sun +4° | ||
| Bhopal, IN | misses — Mars passes 15.4′ from the limb at 07:40 | +17° | daylight, Sun +58° | ||
| Brazzaville, CG | misses — Mars passes 70.7′ from the limb at 07:41 | +59° | daylight, Sun +44° | ||
| Bucharest, RO | misses — Mars passes 25.6′ from the limb at 06:20 | +66° | daylight, Sun +20° | ||
| Budapest, HU | misses — Mars passes 25.5′ from the limb at 06:02 | +63° | daylight, Sun +11° | ||
| Bursa, TR | misses — Mars passes 27.6′ from the limb at 06:35 | +67° | daylight, Sun +26° | ||
| Cairo, EG | misses — Mars passes 34.0′ from the limb at 07:02 | +67° | daylight, Sun +38° | ||
| Camayenne, GN | misses — Mars passes 67.7′ from the limb at 04:40 | +34° | dark sky | ||
| Cape Town, ZA | misses — Mars passes 90.0′ from the limb at 07:57 | +30° | daylight, Sun +43° | ||
| Casablanca, MA | misses — Mars passes 43.7′ from the limb at 05:01 | +48° | dark sky | ||
| Chattogram, BD | misses — Mars passes 11.4′ from the limb at 07:37 | +5° | daylight, Sun +51° | ||
| Chennai, IN | misses — Mars passes 21.2′ from the limb at 07:52 | +9° | daylight, Sun +62° | ||
| Coimbatore, IN | misses — Mars passes 23.9′ from the limb at 07:55 | +10° | daylight, Sun +66° | ||
| Conakry, GN | misses — Mars passes 67.7′ from the limb at 04:40 | +34° | dark sky | ||
| Dakar, SN | misses — Mars passes 61.8′ from the limb at 04:29 | +30° | dark sky | ||
| Damascus, SY | misses — Mars passes 28.8′ from the limb at 07:01 | +62° | daylight, Sun +39° | ||
| Daqing, CN | 06:29:41from 06:29:30 | 07:07:17to 07:07:28 | 38 min | +2° | daylight, Sun +25° |
| Dar es Salaam, TZ | misses — Mars passes 56.8′ from the limb at 08:13 | +34° | daylight, Sun +76° | ||
| Delhi, IN | misses — Mars passes 12.4′ from the limb at 07:32 | +20° | daylight, Sun +54° | ||
| Dhaka, BD | misses — Mars passes 10.9′ from the limb at 07:35 | +7° | daylight, Sun +51° | ||
| Diyarbakır, TR | misses — Mars passes 23.9′ from the limb at 06:56 | +58° | daylight, Sun +38° | ||
| Douala, CM | misses — Mars passes 67.8′ from the limb at 07:06 | +72° | daylight, Sun +29° | ||
| Dubai, AE | misses — Mars passes 24.1′ from the limb at 07:35 | +39° | daylight, Sun +59° | ||
| Durban, ZA | misses — Mars passes 80.2′ from the limb at 08:14 | +25° | daylight, Sun +57° | ||
| Erbil, IQ | misses — Mars passes 23.1′ from the limb at 07:04 | +54° | daylight, Sun +42° | ||
| Faisalabad, PK | misses — Mars passes 12.4′ from the limb at 07:28 | +26° | daylight, Sun +53° | ||
| Faridabad, IN | misses — Mars passes 12.5′ from the limb at 07:32 | +20° | daylight, Sun +54° | ||
| Gaziantep, TR | misses — Mars passes 25.9′ from the limb at 06:55 | +61° | daylight, Sun +36° | ||
| Gazipur, BD | misses — Mars passes 10.8′ from the limb at 07:35 | +7° | daylight, Sun +51° | ||
| Giza, EG | misses — Mars passes 34.1′ from the limb at 07:02 | +67° | daylight, Sun +38° | ||
| Gorakhpur, IN | misses — Mars passes 12.5′ from the limb at 07:31 | +22° | daylight, Sun +54° | ||
| Gujranwala, PK | misses — Mars passes 11.6′ from the limb at 07:26 | +25° | daylight, Sun +52° | ||
| Hamburg, DE | misses — Mars passes 22.3′ from the limb at 05:39 | +54° | daylight, Sun +1° | ||
| Harare, ZW | misses — Mars passes 70.8′ from the limb at 08:15 | +34° | daylight, Sun +65° | ||
| Hyderabad, IN | misses — Mars passes 18.9′ from the limb at 07:48 | +13° | daylight, Sun +61° | ||
| Hyderabad, PK | misses — Mars passes 17.7′ from the limb at 07:37 | +26° | daylight, Sun +59° | ||
| Ibadan, NG | misses — Mars passes 68.0′ from the limb at 06:24 | +71° | daylight, Sun +12° | ||
| Indore, IN | misses — Mars passes 16.4′ from the limb at 07:41 | +18° | daylight, Sun +59° | ||
| Isfahan, IR | misses — Mars passes 21.3′ from the limb at 07:18 | +46° | daylight, Sun +50° | ||
| Jaipur, IN | misses — Mars passes 13.9′ from the limb at 07:35 | +21° | daylight, Sun +56° | ||
| Jamshedpur, IN | misses — Mars passes 12.7′ from the limb at 07:38 | +10° | daylight, Sun +54° | ||
| Jeddah, SA | misses — Mars passes 35.5′ from the limb at 07:31 | +54° | daylight, Sun +54° | ||
| Johannesburg, ZA | misses — Mars passes 79.1′ from the limb at 08:13 | +30° | daylight, Sun +57° | ||
| Kabul, AF | misses — Mars passes 12.4′ from the limb at 07:22 | +30° | daylight, Sun +51° | ||
| Kaduna, NG | misses — Mars passes 63.6′ from the limb at 06:38 | +77° | daylight, Sun +19° | ||
| Kakamega, KE | misses — Mars passes 54.0′ from the limb at 08:03 | +44° | daylight, Sun +68° | ||
| Kallakurichi, IN | misses — Mars passes 22.7′ from the limb at 07:54 | +9° | daylight, Sun +64° | ||
| Kampala, UG | misses — Mars passes 55.4′ from the limb at 08:01 | +46° | daylight, Sun +66° | ||
| Kano, NG | misses — Mars passes 61.8′ from the limb at 06:40 | +80° | daylight, Sun +20° | ||
| Kanpur, IN | misses — Mars passes 12.5′ from the limb at 07:35 | +17° | daylight, Sun +55° | ||
| Karachi, PK | misses — Mars passes 18.7′ from the limb at 07:38 | +27° | daylight, Sun +60° | ||
| Karaj, IR | misses — Mars passes 19.8′ from the limb at 07:11 | +47° | daylight, Sun +46° | ||
| Kathmandu, NP | misses — Mars passes 10.1′ from the limb at 07:32 | +13° | daylight, Sun +52° | ||
| Kayseri, TR | misses — Mars passes 25.7′ from the limb at 06:48 | +62° | daylight, Sun +33° | ||
| Kharkiv, UA | misses — Mars passes 17.8′ from the limb at 06:26 | +57° | daylight, Sun +23° | ||
| Khartoum, SD | misses — Mars passes 43.9′ from the limb at 07:36 | +58° | daylight, Sun +54° | ||
| Khulna, BD | misses — Mars passes 11.7′ from the limb at 07:37 | +7° | daylight, Sun +52° | ||
| Kolkata, IN | misses — Mars passes 12.2′ from the limb at 07:38 | +8° | daylight, Sun +53° | ||
| Konya, TR | misses — Mars passes 27.7′ from the limb at 06:46 | +65° | daylight, Sun +32° | ||
| Kumasi, GH | misses — Mars passes 70.4′ from the limb at 05:45 | +58° | sunset twilight | ||
| Kyiv, UA | misses — Mars passes 19.5′ from the limb at 06:17 | +59° | daylight, Sun +19° | ||
| Lahore, PK | misses — Mars passes 11.9′ from the limb at 07:27 | +24° | daylight, Sun +53° | ||
| Lanzhou, CN | misses — Mars passes 1.2′ from the limb at 07:13 | +5° | daylight, Sun +38° | ||
| Lomé, TG | misses — Mars passes 70.2′ from the limb at 06:08 | +65° | daylight, Sun +6° | ||
| London, GB | misses — Mars passes 25.5′ from the limb at 05:22 | +50° | dusk | ||
| Luanda, AO | misses — Mars passes 75.6′ from the limb at 07:42 | +56° | daylight, Sun +42° | ||
| Lubumbashi, CD | misses — Mars passes 68.2′ from the limb at 08:09 | +42° | daylight, Sun +62° | ||
| Lucknow, IN | misses — Mars passes 12.1′ from the limb at 07:34 | +16° | daylight, Sun +54° | ||
| Ludhiana, IN | misses — Mars passes 11.7′ from the limb at 07:28 | +23° | daylight, Sun +53° | ||
| Lusaka, ZM | misses — Mars passes 70.6′ from the limb at 08:12 | +38° | daylight, Sun +63° | ||
| Madinah, SA | misses — Mars passes 33.1′ from the limb at 07:25 | +55° | daylight, Sun +51° | ||
| Madrid, ES | misses — Mars passes 36.6′ from the limb at 05:12 | +52° | dark sky | ||
| Madurai, IN | misses — Mars passes 24.3′ from the limb at 07:56 | +9° | daylight, Sun +65° | ||
| Makkah, SA | misses — Mars passes 35.1′ from the limb at 07:32 | +53° | daylight, Sun +55° | ||
| Mashhad, IR | misses — Mars passes 15.6′ from the limb at 07:15 | +40° | daylight, Sun +48° | ||
| Mbuji-Mayi, CD | misses — Mars passes 66.5′ from the limb at 07:59 | +50° | daylight, Sun +57° | ||
| Mianyang, CN | misses — Mars passes 3.2′ from the limb at 07:19 | +1° | daylight, Sun +39° | ||
| Milan, IT | misses — Mars passes 29.9′ from the limb at 05:43 | +61° | daylight, Sun +2° | ||
| Minsk, BY | misses — Mars passes 17.9′ from the limb at 06:07 | +56° | daylight, Sun +14° | ||
| Mogadishu, SO | misses — Mars passes 46.0′ from the limb at 08:07 | +34° | daylight, Sun +78° | ||
| Monrovia, LR | misses — Mars passes 71.2′ from the limb at 04:51 | +38° | dark sky | ||
| Moscow, RU | misses — Mars passes 13.6′ from the limb at 06:17 | +52° | daylight, Sun +19° | ||
| Mosul, IQ | misses — Mars passes 23.4′ from the limb at 07:03 | +55° | daylight, Sun +41° | ||
| Multan, PK | misses — Mars passes 13.7′ from the limb at 07:30 | +26° | daylight, Sun +54° | ||
| Mumbai, IN | misses — Mars passes 19.8′ from the limb at 07:47 | +19° | daylight, Sun +63° | ||
| Munich, DE | misses — Mars passes 26.9′ from the limb at 05:46 | +60° | daylight, Sun +4° | ||
| N'Djamena, TD | misses — Mars passes 57.9′ from the limb at 07:07 | +78° | daylight, Sun +33° | ||
| Nagpur, IN | misses — Mars passes 16.1′ from the limb at 07:43 | +15° | daylight, Sun +59° | ||
| Nairobi, KE | misses — Mars passes 53.9′ from the limb at 08:07 | +40° | daylight, Sun +71° | ||
| Najafgarh, IN | misses — Mars passes 12.5′ from the limb at 07:32 | +21° | daylight, Sun +54° | ||
| Nashik, IN | misses — Mars passes 18.9′ from the limb at 07:45 | +18° | daylight, Sun +62° | ||
| Navi Mumbai, IN | misses — Mars passes 19.8′ from the limb at 07:47 | +19° | daylight, Sun +63° | ||
| Niamey, NE | misses — Mars passes 63.0′ from the limb at 05:58 | +68° | daylight, Sun +3° | ||
| Novosibirsk, RU | misses — Mars passes 0.1′ from the limb at 06:45 | +27° | daylight, Sun +30° | ||
| Omdurman, SD | misses — Mars passes 43.8′ from the limb at 07:36 | +58° | daylight, Sun +53° | ||
| Onitsha, NG | misses — Mars passes 67.7′ from the limb at 06:46 | +74° | daylight, Sun +20° | ||
| Ouagadougou, BF | misses — Mars passes 65.0′ from the limb at 05:36 | +59° | sunset twilight | ||
| Paris, FR | misses — Mars passes 27.8′ from the limb at 05:26 | +54° | sunset twilight | ||
| Patna, IN | misses — Mars passes 11.4′ from the limb at 07:35 | +12° | daylight, Sun +53° | ||
| Peshawar, PK | misses — Mars passes 11.7′ from the limb at 07:23 | +28° | daylight, Sun +51° | ||
| Pimpri, IN | misses — Mars passes 19.8′ from the limb at 07:47 | +18° | daylight, Sun +63° | ||
| Pimpri-Chinchwad, IN | misses — Mars passes 19.8′ from the limb at 07:47 | +18° | daylight, Sun +63° | ||
| Port Harcourt, NG | misses — Mars passes 68.8′ from the limb at 06:50 | +73° | daylight, Sun +22° | ||
| Pretoria, ZA | misses — Mars passes 78.7′ from the limb at 08:13 | +30° | daylight, Sun +58° | ||
| Pune, IN | misses — Mars passes 19.8′ from the limb at 07:47 | +18° | daylight, Sun +63° | ||
| Qingyang, CN | misses — Mars passes 0.6′ from the limb at 07:12 | +2° | daylight, Sun +36° | ||
| Quetta, PK | misses — Mars passes 15.6′ from the limb at 07:29 | +30° | daylight, Sun +55° | ||
| Rabat, MA | misses — Mars passes 43.2′ from the limb at 05:03 | +49° | dark sky | ||
| Rasapūdipalem, IN | misses — Mars passes 16.9′ from the limb at 07:46 | +9° | daylight, Sun +58° | ||
| Rawalpindi, PK | misses — Mars passes 11.3′ from the limb at 07:24 | +27° | daylight, Sun +51° | ||
| Recife, BR | misses — Mars passes 78.2′ from the limb at 04:12 | +2° | dark sky | ||
| Riyadh, SA | misses — Mars passes 28.9′ from the limb at 07:31 | +47° | daylight, Sun +56° | ||
| Rome, IT | misses — Mars passes 32.5′ from the limb at 05:54 | +67° | daylight, Sun +7° | ||
| Rājkot, IN | misses — Mars passes 18.6′ from the limb at 07:42 | +22° | daylight, Sun +61° | ||
| Saint Petersburg, RU | misses — Mars passes 12.9′ from the limb at 06:02 | +50° | daylight, Sun +12° | ||
| Sanaa, YE | misses — Mars passes 36.7′ from the limb at 07:47 | +44° | daylight, Sun +64° | ||
| Sharjah, AE | misses — Mars passes 23.9′ from the limb at 07:35 | +39° | daylight, Sun +59° | ||
| Soweto, ZA | misses — Mars passes 79.3′ from the limb at 08:13 | +30° | daylight, Sun +57° | ||
| Stockholm, SE | misses — Mars passes 16.0′ from the limb at 05:48 | +51° | daylight, Sun +5° | ||
| Surat, IN | misses — Mars passes 18.5′ from the limb at 07:44 | +20° | daylight, Sun +62° | ||
| Tabriz, IR | misses — Mars passes 20.8′ from the limb at 07:03 | +52° | daylight, Sun +41° | ||
| Tashkent, UZ | misses — Mars passes 9.2′ from the limb at 07:09 | +33° | daylight, Sun +44° | ||
| Tehran, IR | misses — Mars passes 19.7′ from the limb at 07:12 | +47° | daylight, Sun +46° | ||
| Thāne, IN | misses — Mars passes 19.7′ from the limb at 07:46 | +19° | daylight, Sun +63° | ||
| Tirunelveli, IN | misses — Mars passes 25.4′ from the limb at 07:58 | +9° | daylight, Sun +66° | ||
| Tripoli, LY | misses — Mars passes 40.6′ from the limb at 06:10 | +76° | daylight, Sun +13° | ||
| Vadodara, IN | misses — Mars passes 17.6′ from the limb at 07:42 | +20° | daylight, Sun +61° | ||
| Vienna, AT | misses — Mars passes 25.7′ from the limb at 05:55 | +62° | daylight, Sun +8° | ||
| Warsaw, PL | misses — Mars passes 21.0′ from the limb at 05:59 | +59° | daylight, Sun +10° | ||
| Xining, CN | misses — Mars passes 1.4′ from the limb at 07:13 | +6° | daylight, Sun +38° | ||
| Xi’an, CN | misses — Mars passes 1.0′ from the limb at 07:13 | +0° | daylight, Sun +36° | ||
| Yaoundé, CM | misses — Mars passes 66.9′ from the limb at 07:14 | +71° | daylight, Sun +32° | ||
| Yekaterinburg, RU | misses — Mars passes 5.9′ from the limb at 06:34 | +40° | daylight, Sun +27° | ||
| Yinchuan, CN | 07:04:53from 07:04:04 | 07:13:44to 07:14:33 | 9 min | +6° | daylight, Sun +36° |
| Ürümqi, CN | misses — Mars passes 2.1′ from the limb at 07:06 | +20° | daylight, Sun +39° | ||
| İzmir, TR | misses — Mars passes 29.9′ from the limb at 06:35 | +69° | daylight, Sun +26° | ||
How to watch
Method & accuracy
Positions from the JPL DE431 ephemeris (Skyfield), ΔT = 69.1 s, the Moon as a sphere of mean radius 1737.4 km — contact times are therefore ±2 s or so against the true, mountainous limb, and the limit line is drawn from a 1.0° grid (≈10 km). Mars's own disc (6″ across) is included: partial contacts are the from/to times. The numbers behind this page: mars-2026-10-05.json. Generated 2026-09-11.