Mars retrograde 1924

1 period, 60 days inside the year — 16.4% of 1924. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

60 days · retreats 9.98°

24 July → 22 September 1924 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 24 Jul 1924, 10:12 UTC at 6.36° Pisces

Stations direct 22 Sep 1924, 07:49 UTC at 26.38° Aquarius

Shadow opens 12 Jun 1924 (42 days before)

Shadow closes 2 Nov 1924 (42 days after)

Full window including shadows 144 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1924

1922 Ended 17 July 1922 after 70 days, moving back 14.17° through the zodiac.

1926 Begins 29 September 1926 and runs 69 days.

Gap across 1924

4.2 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.

← 1923 Mars retrograde in 1923. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1925 → Mars retrograde in 1925.