Mars retrograde 1918

1 period, 81 days inside the year — 22.1% of 1918. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

81 days · retreats 19.22°

3 February → 25 April 1918 in Libra

Stations retrograde 3 Feb 1918, 22:14 UTC at 4.21° Libra

Stations direct 25 Apr 1918, 17:25 UTC at 14.99° Virgo

Shadow opens 29 Nov 1917 (66 days before)

Shadow closes 30 Jun 1918 (66 days after)

Full window including shadows 213 days

Read against Libra, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1918

1916 Ended 21 March 1916 after 81 days, moving back 19.5° through the zodiac.

1920 Begins 15 March 1920 and runs 78 days.

Gap across 1918

4 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.

← 1917 Mars retrograde in 1917. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1919 → Mars retrograde in 1919.