♂ Mars

Mars retrograde

Dates in UTC

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎shadow 6♍︎31 – 25♍︎54Feb 8Jan 26Apr 17Apr 21⊕

Morning sky to evening sky

90°opp.90°☍︎☉☉Feb 8 conjunction with the Sun19♒︎58 · hidden in the Sun’s glareNov 7 ♍︎ enters VirgoNov 20 shadow begins6♍︎31Dec 4 ♂︎□︎☉︎ opening square12♍︎47 · high at dawnJan 26 stations retrograde25♍︎54Mar 6 opposition16♍︎30 · up all nightApr 17 stations direct6♍︎31Jun 11 ♂︎□︎☉︎ closing square20♍︎36 · high at duskJun 22 shadow ends25♍︎54Jun 30 ♎︎ enters LibraApr 21 conjunction with the Sun2♉︎19 · 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. ♍︎