♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 10♌︎19 – 29♌︎49Dec 24Dec 31Mar 21Feb 28⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Dec 24 conjunction with the Sun1♑︎33 · hidden in the Sun’s glareOct 7 ♌︎ enters LeoOct 27 shadow begins10♌︎19Nov 10 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square16♌︎39 · high at dawnDec 31 stations retrograde29♌︎49Feb 10 opposition20♌︎02 · up all nightMar 21 stations direct10♌︎19May 15 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square23♌︎50 · high at duskMay 28 shadow ends29♌︎49May 28 ♍︎ enters VirgoFeb 28 conjunction with the Sun9♓︎45 · 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. ♍︎→♌︎