♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 3♎︎19 – 22♎︎04Apr 6Feb 22May 13Jun 6⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Apr 6 conjunction with the Sun17♈︎08 · hidden in the Sun’s glareDec 12 ♎︎ enters LibraDec 19 shadow begins3♎︎19Dec 28 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square7♎︎36 · high at dawnFeb 22 stations retrograde22♎︎04Apr 2 opposition13♎︎18 · up all nightMay 13 stations direct3♎︎19Jul 11 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square19♎︎53 · high at duskJul 16 shadow ends22♎︎04Jul 31 ♏︎ enters ScorpioJun 6 conjunction with the Sun15♊︎51 · 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. ♏︎→♎︎