QUESTION: When will the sun come up on Mars? ANSWER from Bruce Jakosky on July 7, 1997: Martian sunrise occurs, of course, once every day. And, since the Martian day is about 37 minutes longer than a terrestrial day, the sun rises later every day. At the Mars Pathfinder site, sunrise was initially in the late afternoon (Pacific coast time), and it's getting later now every day.