Mars retrograde 1929

1 period, 27 days inside the year — 7.3% of 1929. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

67 days · retreats 17.62° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 27 January 1929 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1928, 00:00 UTC at 9.6° Cancer

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

Shadow opens 13 Sep 1928 (69 days before)

Shadow closes 31 Mar 1929 (63 days after)

Full window including shadows 199 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 1929

1928 Ended 27 January 1929 after 76 days, moving back 18.3° through the zodiac.

1930 Begins 18 December 1930 and runs 53 days.

Gap across 1929

1.9 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.

← 1928 Mars retrograde in 1928. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1930 → Mars retrograde in 1930.