♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 0♌︎17 – 19♌︎41Dec 5Dec 20Mar 10Feb 4⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Dec 5 conjunction with the Sun14♐︎10 · hidden in the Sun’s glareOct 16 ♌︎ enters LeoOct 17 shadow begins0♌︎17Oct 29 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square6♌︎02 · high at dawnDec 20 stations retrograde19♌︎41Jan 29 opposition9♌︎47 · up all nightMar 10 stations direct0♌︎17May 4 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square13♌︎57 · high at duskMay 17 shadow ends19♌︎41Jun 7 ♍︎ enters VirgoFeb 4 conjunction with the Sun15♒︎33 · 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. ♍︎→♌︎