♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 11♒︎53 – 21♒︎57Aug 2Jul 11Sep 9Sep 7⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Aug 2 conjunction with the Sun9♌︎46 · hidden in the Sun’s glareApr 3 □︎ opening square with the Sun13♑︎14 · high at dawnMay 3 ♒︎ enters AquariusMay 29 shadow begins11♒︎53Jul 11 stations retrograde21♒︎57Aug 10 opposition17♒︎00 · up all nightSep 9 stations direct11♒︎53Oct 20 shadow ends21♒︎57Nov 6 ♓︎ enters PiscesDec 15 □︎ closing square with the Sun22♓︎51 · high at duskSep 7 conjunction with the Sun14♍︎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. ♓︎
  5. ♓︎