♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 13♓︎09 – 23♓︎39Aug 17Aug 10Oct 10Sep 21⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Aug 17 conjunction with the Sun23♌︎27 · hidden in the Sun’s glareApr 29 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square9♒︎21 · high at dawnJun 3 ♓︎ enters PiscesJun 29 shadow begins13♓︎09Aug 10 stations retrograde23♓︎39Sep 10 opposition18♓︎08 · up all nightOct 10 stations direct13♓︎09Nov 22 shadow ends23♓︎39Dec 6 ♈︎ enters AriesJan 8 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square18♈︎02 · high at duskSep 21 conjunction with the Sun28♍︎20 · 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. ♈︎