Mars retrograde 1928

1 period, 50 days inside the year — 13.6% of 1928. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

76 days · retreats 18.3° · crosses the year boundary

12 November → 27 January 1929 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 12 Nov 1928, 04:45 UTC at 10.29° Cancer

Stations direct 27 Jan 1929, 12:24 UTC at 21.99° Gemini

Shadow opens 13 Sep 1928 (59 days before)

Shadow closes 2 Apr 1929 (65 days after)

Full window including shadows 200 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1928

1926 Ended 7 December 1926 after 69 days, moving back 14.93° through the zodiac.

1929 Begins 22 November 1928 and runs 67 days.

Gap across 1928

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.

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