♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 5♋︎40 – 24♋︎33Nov 5Nov 26Feb 12Dec 24⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Nov 5 conjunction with the Sun12♏︎19 · hidden in the Sun’s glareSep 15 ♋︎ enters CancerSep 26 shadow begins5♋︎40Oct 2 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square8♋︎49 · high at dawnNov 26 stations retrograde24♋︎33Jan 5 opposition14♋︎36 · up all nightFeb 12 stations direct5♋︎40Apr 11 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square20♋︎27 · high at duskApr 20 shadow ends24♋︎33May 1 ♌︎ enters LeoDec 24 conjunction with the Sun1♑︎33 · the next cycle begins
  1. ♈︎→♓︎
  2. ♊︎→♉︎
  3. ♋︎
  4. ♌︎
  5. ♎︎→♍︎

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. ♌︎→♋︎