When will Mars be viewable again (North of Detroit vantage)?

Mars is still theoretically in the evening sky just after sunset, but is less than 15° from the Sun, so well nigh impossible to see. It will be in conjunction with the Sun on December 5, after which it will gradually appear from behind the Sun in the morning sky. It will next be in opposition on January 29, 2010. It should be noted that this will not be a favourable opposition of Mars, the planet reaching a maximum diameter of only 14 arcseconds.

It's too close to the sun now. It will be coming out from behind the sun slowly over the next few months and will become visible just before dawn, rising in the east in the spring. By June, you should be able to see it fairly well after midnight, until dawn. It will be rising a little earlier every day and be easily seen during the fall and winter of 2009.

It will reach its peak visibility in January of 2010. From your location, winter is when the ecliptic tracks highest at night, so when any planet is in opposition in winter, that's a great time for you to look at it. Unfortunately, I realize the weather there isn't too great for outdoor activities at that time of year.

Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus will all be in optimum viewing positions in the meantime.

Mars is just barely viewable now, just before sunset. Unfortunately, Mars is on the other side of the Sun from us at present, making it very small, dim, and distant. However, we are on the improving side of the curve now, and things will continue to improve as the year 2009 progresses, until Mars comes to opposition in late January, 2010, if my memory serves me.

Sorry, Mars set before the sun :( I checked the sky map all the way to the middle of December.

Jupiter is still out and is in good viewing position. Look at SW at around 8pm and it will be ~20 degrees up from the horizon. You will see a fairly bright orange-ish star, that's Jupiter.

Once it's navigated through my GI tract system and worked it's way through my stellar intestines I'm pretty sure you'll be able to view a Mars within the next 24 hours at my house LOL