♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 5♌︎20 – 24♌︎47Dec 14Dec 26Mar 16Feb 17⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Dec 14 conjunction with the Sun22♐︎34 · hidden in the Sun’s glareOct 11 ♌︎ enters LeoOct 22 shadow begins5♌︎20Nov 4 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square11♌︎25 · high at dawnDec 26 stations retrograde24♌︎47Feb 4 opposition14♌︎57 · up all nightMar 16 stations direct5♌︎20May 10 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square18♌︎53 · high at duskMay 23 shadow ends24♌︎47Jun 3 ♍︎ enters VirgoFeb 17 conjunction with the Sun27♒︎30 · 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. ♍︎→♌︎