Opposition (planets) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-29

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In positional astronomy, two astronomical objects are said to be in opposition when they are on opposite sides of the celestial sphere, as observed from a given body (usually Earth).
A planet (or asteroid or comet) is said to be "in opposition" when it is in opposition to the Sun. Because most orbits in the Solar System are nearly coplanar to the ecliptic, this occurs when the Sun, Earth, and the body are configured in an approximately straight line, or syzygy; that is, Earth and the body are in the same direction as seen from the Sun. Opposition occurs only for superior planets (see the diagram).
The instant of opposition is defined as that when the apparent geocentric celestial longitude of the body differs by 180° from the apparent geocentric longitude of the Sun. 
At that time, a body is:

in apparent retrograde motion
visible almost all night – rising around sunset, culminating around midnight, and setting around sunriseat the point in its orbit where it is roughly closest to Earth, making it appear larger and brighter
nearly completely sunlit; the planet shows a full phase, analogous to a full moon
at the place where the opposition effect increases the reflected light from bodies with unobscured rough surfacesThe Moon, which orbits Earth rather than the Sun, is in opposition to the Sun at full moon. When it is in exact opposition, a lunar eclipse occurs.
The astronomical symbol for opposition is ☍ (U+260D). Handwritten: 
Seen from a superior planet, an inferior planet on the opposite side of the Sun is in superior conjunction with the Sun. An inferior conjunction occurs when the two planets align on the same side of the Sun. At inferior conjunction, the superior planet is "in opposition" to the Sun as seen from the inferior planet (see the diagram).