Mars retrograde 1920

1 period, 78 days inside the year — 21.3% of 1920. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

78 days · retreats 17.85°

15 March → 31 May 1920 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 15 Mar 1920, 03:00 UTC at 10.22° Scorpio

Stations direct 31 May 1920, 23:28 UTC at 22.37° Libra

Shadow opens 11 Jan 1920 (64 days before)

Shadow closes 30 Jul 1920 (60 days after)

Full window including shadows 202 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1920

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

1922 Begins 8 May 1922 and runs 70 days.

Gap across 1920

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.

← 1919 Mars retrograde in 1919. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1921 → Mars retrograde in 1921.