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Mars retrograde 1919

There was no Mars retrograde in 1919: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on April 25, 1918 in Virgo, and the next began on March 15, 1920 in Scorpio.

Retrograde in 1919
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Apr 25, 1918 4:44 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Mar 15, 1920 3:05 AM UTC
Gap between loops
689 days
Mars Retrograde 1919: None — Next Starts Mar 15, 1920

Mars’s path through 1919, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1919
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1919. Mars starts 1919 at 7°59′ Aquarius and ends it at 15°23′ Libra — 247.4° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 14, 0.79° forward. AquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1919. Mars starts 1919 at 7°59′ Aquarius and ends it at 15°23′ Libra — 247.4° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 14, 0.79° forward. AquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1919 at 7°59′ Aquarius and ends it at 15°23′ Libra — 247.4° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 14, 0.79° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 1919: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 3:05 AM UTC on March 15, 1920 at 9°06′ Scorpio — 10:22 PM on March 14 in Santiago, 10:05 PM on March 14 in New York, 3:05 AM in London and 12:05 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Apr 25, 1918 Turns retrograde · Mar 15, 1920
UTC Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · 13°51′ Virgo Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · 9°06′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 6:14 AM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−10:30 4:35 PM Sun, Mar 14, 1920 · UTC−10:30
Anchorage United States 6:44 AM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−10 5:05 PM Sun, Mar 14, 1920 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 9:44 AM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−7 7:05 PM Sun, Mar 14, 1920 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 10:44 AM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−6 8:05 PM Sun, Mar 14, 1920 · UTC−7
Denver United States 10:44 AM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−6 8:05 PM Sun, Mar 14, 1920 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 11:44 AM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−5 9:05 PM Sun, Mar 14, 1920 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 10:07 AM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−6:36 8:28 PM Sun, Mar 14, 1920 · UTC−6:36
New York United States 12:44 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−4 10:05 PM Sun, Mar 14, 1920 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 12:44 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−4 10:05 PM Sun, Mar 14, 1920 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 11:44 AM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−5 10:05 PM Sun, Mar 14, 1920 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 11:44 AM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−5 10:05 PM Sun, Mar 14, 1920 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 12:14 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−4:30 10:35 PM Sun, Mar 14, 1920 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 12:01 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−4:42 10:22 PM Sun, Mar 14, 1920 · UTC−4:42
Buenos Aires Argentina 12:27 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−4:16 10:48 PM Sun, Mar 14, 1920 · UTC−4:16
São Paulo Brazil 1:44 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC−3 12:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 4:44 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC 2:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 5:44 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+1 3:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 5:14 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+0:30 4:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+1
Paris France 5:44 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+1 4:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 6:44 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+2 4:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 6:44 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+2 5:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 6:44 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+2 5:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 6:44 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+2 5:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 6:44 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+2 5:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 7:15 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+2:31 6:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 7:14 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+2:30 5:35 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+2:30
Tehran Iran 8:09 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+3:25 6:30 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+3:25
Dubai United Arab Emirates 8:25 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+3:41 7:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 10:14 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+5:30 8:35 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 10:14 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+5:30 8:35 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 10:25 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+5:41 8:35 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 10:37 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+5:53 8:58 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+5:53
Bangkok Thailand 11:26 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+6:42 9:47 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+6:42
Jakarta Indonesia 11:51 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+7:07 10:12 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+7:07
Singapore 11:44 PM Thu, Apr 25, 1918 · UTC+7 10:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+7
Beijing China 12:44 AM Fri, Apr 26, 1918 · UTC+8 11:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 12:44 AM Fri, Apr 26, 1918 · UTC+8 11:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 12:44 AM Fri, Apr 26, 1918 · UTC+8 11:05 AM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 1:44 AM Fri, Apr 26, 1918 · UTC+9 12:05 PM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 1:44 AM Fri, Apr 26, 1918 · UTC+9 12:05 PM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 2:14 AM Fri, Apr 26, 1918 · UTC+9:30 12:35 PM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 2:44 AM Fri, Apr 26, 1918 · UTC+10 1:05 PM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 2:44 AM Fri, Apr 26, 1918 · UTC+10 1:05 PM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 4:14 AM Fri, Apr 26, 1918 · UTC+11:30 2:35 PM Mon, Mar 15, 1920 · 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 1919: a year between two loops

689 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1919 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 1918 and 1920 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1919

Previous

1918 Ended April 25, 1918 after 81 days, moving back 19.22° through the zodiac.

Next

1920 Begins March 15, 1920 and runs 78 days.

Gap across 1919

1.9 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 1919

Mars through the zodiac in 1919

Every sign Mars occupies during 1919, 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 Aquarius From Jan 1 – Jan 27
Mars in Pisces Jan 27 – Mar 6
Mars in Aries Mar 6 – Apr 15
Mars in Taurus Apr 15 – May 26
Mars in Gemini May 26 – Jul 8
Mars in Cancer Jul 8 – Aug 23
Mars in Leo Aug 23 – Oct 10
Mars in Virgo Oct 10 – Nov 30
Mars in Libra Nov 30 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 1919. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1919 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1919

Pluto in Cancer Oct 7, 1918 – Mar 19, 1919 · 163 days
Jupiter in Cancer Nov 3, 1918 – Mar 2, 1919 · 119 days
Neptune in Leo Nov 12, 1918 – Apr 18, 1919 · 157 days
Saturn in Leo Dec 9, 1918 – Apr 23, 1919 · 135 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 29, 1919 – Apr 21, 1919 · 24 days
Uranus in Pisces Jun 6, 1919 – Nov 8, 1919 · 154 days
Mercury in Leo Aug 1, 1919 – Aug 25, 1919 · 24 days
Venus in Virgo Aug 22, 1919 – Oct 4, 1919 · 43 days
Pluto in Cancer Oct 9, 1919 – Mar 20, 1920 · 163 days
Neptune in Leo Nov 14, 1919 – Apr 19, 1920 · 157 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 22, 1919 – Dec 12, 1919 · 20 days
Jupiter in Leo Dec 5, 1919 – Apr 4, 1920 · 121 days
Saturn in Virgo Dec 23, 1919 – May 7, 1920 · 136 days
← 1918 Mars retrograde in 1918. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1920 → Mars retrograde in 1920.

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