♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 8♌︎10 – 27♌︎39Dec 17Dec 28Mar 18Feb 20⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Dec 17 conjunction with the Sun26♐︎15 · hidden in the Sun’s glareOct 8 ♌︎ enters LeoOct 24 shadow begins8♌︎10Nov 6 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square14♌︎20 · high at dawnDec 28 stations retrograde27♌︎39Feb 6 opposition17♌︎49 · up all nightMar 18 stations direct8♌︎10May 12 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square21♌︎43 · high at duskMay 25 shadow ends27♌︎39May 30 ♍︎ enters VirgoFeb 20 conjunction with the Sun2♓︎01 · 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. ♍︎→♌︎