♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 6♎︎03 – 24♎︎37Apr 14Feb 27May 17Jun 11⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Apr 14 conjunction with the Sun23♈︎57 · hidden in the Sun’s glareDec 11 ♎︎ enters LibraDec 23 shadow begins6♎︎03Jan 1 □︎ opening square with the Sun9♎︎42 · high at dawnFeb 27 stations retrograde24♎︎37Apr 6 opposition15♎︎59 · up all nightMay 17 stations direct6♎︎03Jul 16 □︎ closing square with the Sun23♎︎17 · high at duskJul 19 shadow ends24♎︎37Jul 29 ♏︎ enters ScorpioJun 11 conjunction with the Sun19♊︎54 · 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. ♏︎→♎︎
  4. ♏︎→♎︎