♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 23♌︎03 – 12♍︎32Jan 16Jan 13Apr 4Mar 30⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Jan 16 conjunction with the Sun25♑︎39 · hidden in the Sun’s glareSep 26 ♌︎ enters LeoNov 8 shadow begins23♌︎03Nov 22 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square29♌︎31 · high at dawnNov 23 ♍︎ enters VirgoJan 13 stations retrograde12♍︎32Feb 22 opposition2♍︎57 · up all nightMar 1 ♌︎ re-enters Leomoving backwardApr 4 stations direct23♌︎03May 11 ♍︎ enters VirgoMay 28 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square6♍︎45 · high at duskJun 10 shadow ends12♍︎32Jul 13 ♎︎ enters LibraMar 30 conjunction with the Sun8♈︎23 · the next cycle begins
  1. ♍︎→♌︎
  2. ♎︎→♍︎
  3. ♏︎

Every 32 years, Mars turns retrograde again near the same spot: 8–18° further along the zodiac, and about eleven days later in the year.

  1. ♍︎→♌︎
  2. ♍︎
  3. ♍︎