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Mars retrograde 1929

Mars retrograde 1929: 1 period, 27 days inside the year — 7.3% of 1929. Mars turned direct at 12:02 PM UTC on January 27 at 20°59′ Gemini.

Turns direct
Jan 27 12:02 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1929
27 days 7.3% of the year
Sign
Cancer retreats 18.3°
Mars Retrograde 1929 Dates: Until Jan 27

Mars’s path through 1929, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, Nov 6, 1928 – Dec 31, 1929
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, Nov 6, 1928 – Dec 31, 1929. Mars starts 1929 at 24°36′ Gemini and ends it at 0°56′ Capricorn — 186.3° of net progress: 190.9° forward, 4.6° given back. The loop retraces 18.3° in 76 days, from 9°17′ Cancer on Nov 12 back to 20°59′ Gemini on Jan 27 1929. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.75° forward; fastest backward: Jan 1, 0.33°. Counting the shadows, 91 days of 1929 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Sep 13, 1928 – Nov 12, 1928Post-retrograde shadow: Jan 27, 1929 – Apr 2, 1929Retrograde: Nov 12, 1928 – Jan 27, 1929GeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricorn1929Stations retrograde Nov 12, 1928, 4:14 AM UTC, 9°17′ CancerR Nov 12Stations direct Jan 27, 1929, 12:02 PM UTC, 20°59′ GeminiD Jan 27NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, Nov 6, 1928 – Dec 31, 1929. Mars starts 1929 at 24°36′ Gemini and ends it at 0°56′ Capricorn — 186.3° of net progress: 190.9° forward, 4.6° given back. The loop retraces 18.3° in 76 days, from 9°17′ Cancer on Nov 12 back to 20°59′ Gemini on Jan 27 1929. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.75° forward; fastest backward: Jan 1, 0.33°. Counting the shadows, 91 days of 1929 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Sep 13, 1928 – Nov 12, 1928Post-retrograde shadow: Jan 27, 1929 – Apr 2, 1929Retrograde: Nov 12, 1928 – Jan 27, 1929GeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricorn1929Stations retrograde Nov 12, 1928, 4:14 AM UTC, 9°17′ CancerR Nov 12Stations direct Jan 27, 1929, 12:02 PM UTC, 20°59′ GeminiD Jan 27NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1929 at 24°36′ Gemini and ends it at 0°56′ Capricorn — 186.3° of net progress: 190.9° forward, 4.6° given back. The loop retraces 18.3° in 76 days, from 9°17′ Cancer on Nov 12 back to 20°59′ Gemini on Jan 27 1929. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.75° forward; fastest backward: Jan 1, 0.33°. Counting the shadows, 91 days of 1929 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Mars retrograde 1929: exact times in your city

Mars turned direct at 12:02 PM UTC on January 27, 1929 at 20°59′ Gemini — 8:02 AM in Santiago, 7:02 AM in New York, 12:02 PM in London and 9:02 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct
UTC Sun, Jan 27 · 20°59′ Gemini
Honolulu United States 1:32 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−10:30
Anchorage United States 2:02 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 4:02 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 5:02 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−7
Denver United States 5:02 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 6:02 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 6:02 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−6
New York United States 7:02 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 7:02 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 7:02 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 7:02 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 7:32 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 8:02 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 8:02 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−4
São Paulo Brazil 9:02 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 11:02 AM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 12:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 1:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+1
Paris France 12:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC
Berlin Germany 1:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 2:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 2:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 2:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 2:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 2:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+2
Nairobi Kenya 3:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 3:27 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+3:25
Dubai United Arab Emirates 4:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 5:32 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 5:32 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 5:32 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 5:55 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+5:53
Bangkok Thailand 7:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 7:22 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+7:20
Singapore 7:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+7
Beijing China 8:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 8:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 8:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 9:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 9:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 9:32 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 10:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 10:02 PM Sun, Jan 27 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 12:02 AM Mon, Jan 28 · UTC+12

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.

76 days · retreats 18.3° · crosses the year boundary

November 12, 1928 → January 27, 1929 in Cancer

Stations retrograde Nov 12, 1928, 4:14 AM UTC at 9°17′ Cancer
Stations direct Jan 27, 1929, 12:02 PM UTC at 20°59′ Gemini
Shadow opens Sep 13, 1928, 11:05 PM UTC (59 days before)
Shadow closes Apr 2, 1929, 5:16 AM UTC (65 days after)
Full window including shadows 200 days
The November loop up close, shadow to shadow
The November loop up close, shadow to shadow. Mars crosses the 18.3° between 20°59′ Gemini and 9°17′ Cancer three times: forward in the pre-shadow (59 days), back while retrograde (76 days), forward again in the post-shadow (65 days). Pre-retrograde shadow: Sep 13, 1928 – Nov 12, 1928Post-retrograde shadow: Jan 27, 1929 – Apr 2, 1929Retrograde: Nov 12, 1928 – Jan 27, 192910° Gemini15° Gemini20° Gemini25° Gemini0° Cancer5° Cancer10° Cancer15° CancerStations retrograde Nov 12, 1928, 4:14 AM UTC, 9°17′ CancerR Nov 12 · 9°17′ CancerStations direct Jan 27, 1929, 12:02 PM UTC, 20°59′ GeminiD Jan 27 · 20°59′ GeminiSep 3Oct 1Oct 29Nov 26Dec 24Jan 21Feb 18Mar 18Source: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com The November loop up close, shadow to shadow. Mars crosses the 18.3° between 20°59′ Gemini and 9°17′ Cancer three times: forward in the pre-shadow (59 days), back while retrograde (76 days), forward again in the post-shadow (65 days). Pre-retrograde shadow: Sep 13, 1928 – Nov 12, 1928Post-retrograde shadow: Jan 27, 1929 – Apr 2, 1929Retrograde: Nov 12, 1928 – Jan 27, 192910° Gemini20° Gemini5° Cancer15° CancerStations retrograde Nov 12, 1928, 4:14 AM UTC, 9°17′ CancerR Nov 12 · 9°17′ CancerStations direct Jan 27, 1929, 12:02 PM UTC, 20°59′ GeminiD Jan 27 · 20°59′ GeminiSep 3Oct 29Dec 24Feb 18Source: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com

Mars crosses the 18.3° between 20°59′ Gemini and 9°17′ Cancer three times: forward in the pre-shadow (59 days), back while retrograde (76 days), forward again in the post-shadow (65 days).

Mars retrograde in Cancer

Mars retrograde in Cancer turns frustration inward and toward home. Family tensions surface, household projects stall and anger comes out indirectly. It suits addressing emotional grievances openly and repairing the home rather than starting new battles.

…and back into Gemini

Mars retrograde in Gemini scatters energy and sharpens arguments. Projects stall because attention is split, debates go in circles and travel plans are disrupted. It suits finishing half-done tasks and choosing which battles actually matter.

It begins in Scorpio season and ends in Aquarius season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Taurus — Nov 12 to Dec 25, 1928 (44 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aries — Nov 12 to Dec 12, 1928 (31 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Cancer — Nov 12 to Jan 27, 1929 (76 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Virgo — Dec 3 to Jan 27, 1929 (55 days of overlap)

For the sign itself, see Cancer and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1929

Previous

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

Next

1930 Begins December 18, 1930 and runs 80 days.

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 1929

Mars through the zodiac in 1929

Every sign Mars occupies during 1929, 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 Gemini From Jan 1 – Mar 10
Mars in Cancer Mar 10 – May 13
Mars in Leo May 13 – Jul 4
Mars in Virgo Jul 4 – Aug 21
Mars in Libra Aug 21 – Oct 6
Mars in Scorpio Oct 6 – Nov 18
Mars in Sagittarius Nov 18 – Dec 29
Mars in Capricorn Dec 29 – Dec 31 and beyond

8 segments in 1929. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1929 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1929

Pluto in Cancer Oct 19, 1928 – Mar 30, 1929 · 162 days
Neptune in Virgo Dec 3, 1928 – May 9, 1929 · 157 days
Mercury in Aquarius Jan 29, 1929 – Feb 19, 1929 · 21 days
Venus in Taurus Mar 30, 1929 – May 11, 1929 · 42 days
Saturn in Capricorn Apr 9, 1929 – Aug 29, 1929 · 141 days
Mercury in Gemini May 28, 1929 – Jun 21, 1929 · 24 days
Uranus in Aries Jul 17, 1929 – Dec 17, 1929 · 153 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 25, 1929 – Oct 17, 1929 · 21 days
Jupiter in Gemini Oct 5, 1929 – Jan 31, 1930 · 118 days
Pluto in Cancer Oct 21, 1929 – Mar 31, 1930 · 162 days
Neptune in Virgo Dec 6, 1929 – May 12, 1930 · 157 days
← 1928 Mars retrograde in 1928. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1930 → Mars retrograde in 1930.

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