Mars retrograde 1926

1 period, 69 days inside the year — 18.9% of 1926. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

69 days · retreats 14.93°

29 September → 7 December 1926 in Taurus

Stations retrograde 29 Sep 1926, 04:52 UTC at 20.49° Taurus

Stations direct 7 Dec 1926, 02:07 UTC at 5.56° Taurus

Shadow opens 9 Aug 1926 (50 days before)

Shadow closes 31 Jan 1927 (55 days after)

Full window including shadows 174 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1926

1924 Ended 22 September 1924 after 60 days, moving back 9.98° through the zodiac.

1928 Begins 12 November 1928 and runs 76 days.

Gap across 1926

4.1 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.

← 1925 Mars retrograde in 1925. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1927 → Mars retrograde in 1927.