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Mars retrograde 1906

There was no Mars retrograde in 1906: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on June 17, 1905 in Scorpio, and the next began on June 5, 1907 in Capricorn.

Retrograde in 1906
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Jun 17, 1905 7:25 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
Jun 5, 1907 6:42 AM UTC
Gap between loops
718 days
Mars Retrograde 1906: None — Next Starts Jun 5, 1907

Mars’s path through 1906, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1906
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1906. Mars starts 1906 at 2°04′ Pisces and ends it at 7°33′ Scorpio — 245.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.77° forward. PiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1906. Mars starts 1906 at 2°04′ Pisces and ends it at 7°33′ Scorpio — 245.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.77° forward. PiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1906 at 2°04′ Pisces and ends it at 7°33′ Scorpio — 245.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.77° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 1906: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 6:42 AM UTC on June 5, 1907 at 18°53′ Capricorn — 1:59 AM in Santiago, 1:42 AM in New York, 6:42 AM in London and 3:42 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Jun 17, 1905 Turns retrograde · Jun 5, 1907
UTC Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · 8°19′ Scorpio Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · 18°53′ Capricorn
Honolulu United States 8:55 PM Fri, Jun 16, 1905 · UTC−10:30 8:12 PM Tue, Jun 4, 1907 · UTC−10:30
Anchorage United States 9:25 PM Fri, Jun 16, 1905 · UTC−10 8:42 PM Tue, Jun 4, 1907 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 11:25 PM Fri, Jun 16, 1905 · UTC−8 10:42 PM Tue, Jun 4, 1907 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 12:25 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC−7 11:42 PM Tue, Jun 4, 1907 · UTC−7
Denver United States 12:25 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC−7 11:42 PM Tue, Jun 4, 1907 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 1:25 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC−6 12:42 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 12:48 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC−6:36 12:05 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC−6:36
New York United States 2:25 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC−5 1:42 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 2:25 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC−5 1:42 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 2:28 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC−4:56 1:45 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC−4:56
Lima Peru 2:16 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC−5:08 1:33 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC−5:08
Caracas Venezuela 2:57 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC−4:27 2:14 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC−4:27
Santiago Chile 2:42 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC−4:42 1:59 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC−4:42
Buenos Aires Argentina 3:08 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC−4:16 2:25 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC−4:16
São Paulo Brazil 4:18 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC−3:06 3:35 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC−3:06
Reykjavík Iceland 5:57 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC−1:28 5:14 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC−1:28
London United Kingdom 7:25 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC 6:42 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 7:38 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+0:13 6:42 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC
Paris France 7:34 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+0:09 6:51 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+0:09
Berlin Germany 8:25 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+1 7:42 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 9:25 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+2 8:42 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 9:25 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+2 8:42 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 8:59 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+1:34 8:16 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+1:34
Istanbul Turkey 9:21 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+1:56 8:38 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+1:56
Moscow Russia 9:55 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+2:30 9:12 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+2:30
Nairobi Kenya 9:52 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+2:27 9:09 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+2:27
Tehran Iran 10:50 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+3:25 10:07 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+3:25
Dubai United Arab Emirates 11:06 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+3:41 10:23 AM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+3:41
Karachi Pakistan 11:53 AM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+4:28 12:12 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 12:46 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+5:21 12:12 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 1:06 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+5:41 12:23 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+5:41
Dhaka Bangladesh 1:18 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+5:53 12:35 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+5:53
Bangkok Thailand 2:07 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+6:42 1:24 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+6:42
Jakarta Indonesia 2:32 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+7:07 1:49 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+7:07
Singapore 2:25 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+7 1:42 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+7
Beijing China 3:25 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+8 2:42 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 3:25 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+8 2:42 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 3:25 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+8 2:42 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 3:52 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+8:27 3:09 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+8:27
Tokyo Japan 4:25 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+9 3:42 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 4:55 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+9:30 4:12 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 5:25 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+10 4:42 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 5:25 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+10 4:42 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 6:55 PM Sat, Jun 17, 1905 · UTC+11:30 6:12 PM Wed, Jun 5, 1907 · UTC+11:30

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Mars station 1900–2050: all within a minute. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

Mars in 1906: a year between two loops

718 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1906 falls entirely inside that stretch. Mars turns back once every 779.94 days — longer than a calendar year — and each loop is over in weeks, so now and then a whole year passes between two of them.

The loops themselves are on the 1905 and 1907 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1906

Previous

1905 Ended June 17, 1905 after 75 days, moving back 16.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1907 Begins June 5, 1907 and runs 65 days.

Gap across 1906

2 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

Computed for 1906

Mars through the zodiac in 1906

Every sign Mars occupies during 1906, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Mars in Pisces From Jan 1 – Feb 4
Mars in Aries Feb 4 – Mar 17
Mars in Taurus Mar 17 – Apr 28
Mars in Gemini Apr 28 – Jun 11
Mars in Cancer Jun 11 – Jul 27
Mars in Leo Jul 27 – Sep 12
Mars in Virgo Sep 12 – Oct 30
Mars in Libra Oct 30 – Dec 17
Mars in Scorpio Dec 17 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 1906. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1906 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1906

Pluto in Gemini Sep 23, 1905 – Mar 5, 1906 · 164 days
Jupiter in Gemini Sep 25, 1905 – Jan 21, 1906 · 118 days
Neptune in Cancer Oct 14, 1905 – Mar 19, 1906 · 156 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 26, 1906 – Apr 18, 1906 · 23 days
Uranus in Capricorn Apr 13, 1906 – Sep 14, 1906 · 154 days
Saturn in Pisces Jun 26, 1906 – Nov 12, 1906 · 139 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 29, 1906 – Aug 22, 1906 · 24 days
Pluto in Gemini Sep 24, 1906 – Mar 7, 1907 · 164 days
Neptune in Cancer Oct 16, 1906 – Mar 22, 1907 · 156 days
Jupiter in Cancer Oct 30, 1906 – Feb 25, 1907 · 119 days
Venus in Sagittarius Nov 9, 1906 – Dec 20, 1906 · 41 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 20, 1906 – Dec 9, 1906 · 20 days
← 1905 Mars retrograde in 1905. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1907 → Mars retrograde in 1907.

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