Mars opposition and transit times for Africa
The information in the table below includes local sunset times and Mars
rising times for August 27th. This will be the day that Mars is at
opposition. The other column in the table gives the time of Mars transit
for August 28th. By transit, we mean the time at which Mars crosses the
meridian. The meridian is an imaginary line running from north to south
overhead. If your city is not listed, find the nearest one to you that
is listed.
| City, Country |
Sun Set
(August 27)
|
Mars Rise
(August 27)
|
Mars Transit (Overhead)
(August 28)
|
| Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
7:24 pm
|
7:35 pm
|
1:31 am
|
| Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
7:36 pm
|
7:49 pm
|
1:40 am
|
| Agadez, Niger |
7:45 pm
|
8:01 pm
|
1:43 am
|
| Atbara, Sudan |
7:02 pm
|
7:18 pm
|
1:01 am
|
| Banjui, Central African Rep. |
6:53 pm
|
7:04 pm
|
1:00 am
|
| Banjul, Gambia |
8:21 pm
|
8:35 pm
|
2:21 am
|
| Benghazi, Libya |
7:10 pm
|
7:34 pm
|
12:54 am
|
| Berbera, Somalia |
7:12 pm
|
7:26 pm
|
1:15 am
|
| Brazzaville, Congo |
7:01 pm
|
7:08 pm
|
1:14 am
|
| Butare, Rwanda |
7:04 pm
|
7:12 pm
|
1:16 am
|
| Cairo, Egypt |
7:24 pm
|
7:46 pm
|
1:10 am
|
|
Cape Town, South Africa
|
7:24 pm
|
7:16 pm
|
2:01 am
|
| Casablanca, Morocco |
7:03 pm
|
7:26 pm
|
12:45 am
|
| Dar Es Salaam,
Tanzania |
7:23 pm
|
7:29 pm
|
1:38 am
|
| Djerba, Tunisia |
7:49 pm
|
8:13 pm
|
1:31 am
|
| Djibouti, Djibouti |
7:13 pm
|
7:27 pm
|
1:15 am
|
| Durban, South Africa |
6:38 pm
|
6:32 pm
|
1:11 am
|
| Entebbe, Uganda |
7:55 pm
|
8:04 pm
|
2:05 am
|
| Francistown, Botswana |
6:59 pm
|
6:59 pm
|
1:25 am
|
| Giza, Egypt |
7:30 pm
|
7:53 pm
|
1:15 am
|
| Gweru, Zimbabwe |
6:51 pm
|
6:52 pm
|
1:16 am
|
| Huambo, Angola |
6:52 pm
|
6:56 pm
|
1:12 am
|
| Johannesburg, South
Africa |
6:53 pm
|
6:50 pm
|
1:23 am
|
| Kampala, Uganda |
7:54 pm
|
8:04 pm
|
2:05 am
|
| Kananga, Zaire |
7:31 pm
|
7:37 pm
|
1:45 am
|
| Kano, Nigeria |
7:39 pm
|
7:53 pm
|
1:41 am
|
| Khartoum, Sudan |
7:06 pm
|
7:22 pm
|
1:05 am
|
| Laayoune, Western
Sahara |
8:18 pm
|
8:39 pm
|
2:07 am
|
| Lagos, Nigeria |
7:55 pm
|
8:07 pm
|
2:00 am
|
| Libreville, Gabon |
7:27 pm
|
7:36 pm
|
1:37 am
|
| Marrakech, Morocco |
7:02 pm
|
7:25 pm
|
12:46 am
|
| Mombasa, Kenya |
7:23 pm
|
7:31 pm
|
1:36 am
|
| Nairobi, Kenya |
7:36 pm
|
7:45 pm
|
1:48 am
|
| Ndola, Zambia |
7:01 pm
|
7:04 pm
|
1:20 am
|
| Nouakchott, Mauritania |
8:28 pm
|
8:46 pm
|
2:22 am
|
| Ouagadougou, Upper
Volta |
7:10 pm
|
7:33 pm
|
1:21 am
|
| Pointe-Noire, Congo |
7:14 pm
|
7:21 pm
|
1:27 am
|
| Porto Praia, Cape
Verde |
7:49 pm
|
8:04 pm
|
1:48 am
|
| Saint-Louis, Senegal |
8:22 pm
|
8:38 pm
|
2:20 am
|
| Sarh, Chad |
6:58 pm
|
7:10 am
|
1:01 am
|
| Segou, Mali |
7:39 pm
|
7:54 pm
|
1:40 am
|
| Sokode, Togo |
7:06 pm
|
7:19 pm
|
1:10 am
|
| Tripoli, Libya |
7:39 pm
|
8:02 pm
|
1:22 am
|
| Windhoek, Namibia |
7:39 pm
|
7:38 pm
|
2:06 am
|
| Zomba, Malawi |
6:32 pm
|
6:35 pm
|
12:54 am
|
|
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