Mars Today

A live window on the Red Planet right now — the current Martian date and season, how far Mars is from Earth this very moment, and the freshest images beamed back by NASA's rovers.

Today on Mars

Calculated live from the current date & time.

Mars Coordinated Time (MTC)—

Mars Sol Date—

Solar longitude (L_s)—

Season (N. hemisphere)—

Typical surface temp−60 to −125 °C

Earth → Mars distance

Right now, computed from planetary orbits.

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million kilometres

In astronomical units—

Radio / light travel time—

In miles—

Mars swings between about 55 and 400 million km from Earth as both planets orbit the Sun. A signal from Mangalyaan took this long, one way, to reach home.

Latest from the surface

The most recent images sent back by NASA's Mars rovers, straight from NASA's open API.

Contacting Mars… loading the latest rover photos.

Rover imagery courtesy NASA Open APIs (public domain). Martian time and distance are computed with standard astronomical formulae and are close approximations. See Credits & Sources.