Mars retrograde 1932
There was no Mars retrograde in 1932: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on March 8, 1931 in Cancer, and the next began on January 21, 1933 in Virgo.
- Retrograde in 1932
- None direct all year
- Previous direct station
- Mar 8, 1931 1:52 PM UTC
- Next retrograde station
- Jan 21, 1933 1:29 AM UTC
- Gap between loops
- 684 days
Mars’s path through 1932, day by day
Mars starts 1932 at 15°47′ Capricorn and ends it at 17°03′ Virgo — 241.3° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Nov 15 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 21, 1933. Fastest day: Feb 16, 0.79° forward. Counting the shadows, 46 days of 1932 sit inside a retrograde window.
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Exact times
The Mars stations either side of 1932: exact times in your city
Mars turned retrograde at 1:29 AM UTC on January 21, 1933 at 20°16′ Virgo — 9:29 PM on January 20 in Santiago, 8:29 PM on January 20 in New York, 1:29 AM in London and 10:29 AM in Tokyo.
| City | Turns direct · Mar 8, 1931 | Turns retrograde · Jan 21, 1933 |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · 27°25′ Cancer | Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · 20°16′ Virgo |
| Honolulu United States | 3:22 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−10:30 | 2:59 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−10:30 |
| Anchorage United States | 3:52 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−10 | 3:29 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 5:52 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−8 | 5:29 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 6:52 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−7 | 6:29 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 6:52 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−7 | 6:29 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 7:52 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−6 | 7:29 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 6:52 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−7 | 7:29 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 8:52 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−5 | 8:29 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 8:52 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−5 | 8:29 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 8:52 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−5 | 8:29 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 8:52 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−5 | 8:29 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 9:22 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−4:30 | 8:59 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 9:52 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−4 | 9:29 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 10:52 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−3 | 10:29 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 10:52 AM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−3 | 11:29 PM Fri, Jan 20, 1933 · UTC−2 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 12:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC−1 | 12:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 1:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC | 1:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 2:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+1 | 2:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 1:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC | 1:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC |
| Berlin Germany | 2:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+1 | 2:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 3:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+2 | 3:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 3:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+2 | 3:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 3:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+2 | 3:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 3:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+2 | 3:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 4:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+3 | 4:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 4:22 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+2:30 | 3:59 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+2:30 |
| Tehran Iran | 5:17 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+3:25 | 4:54 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+3:25 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 5:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+4 | 5:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 7:22 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+5:30 | 6:59 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+5:30 |
| New Delhi India | 7:22 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+5:30 | 6:59 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 7:22 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+5:30 | 6:59 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 7:45 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+5:53 | 7:22 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+5:53 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 8:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+7 | 8:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 9:12 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+7:20 | 8:59 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+7:30 |
| Singapore | 8:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+7 | 8:49 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+7:20 |
| Beijing China | 9:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+8 | 9:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 9:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+8 | 9:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 9:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+8 | 9:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 10:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+9 | 10:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 10:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+9 | 10:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 11:22 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+9:30 | 10:59 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 11:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+10 | 11:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 11:52 PM Sun, Mar 8, 1931 · UTC+10 | 11:29 AM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 1:52 AM Mon, Mar 9, 1931 · UTC+12 | 1:29 PM Sat, Jan 21, 1933 · 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.
Mars in 1932: a year between two loops
684 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1932 falls entirely inside that stretch. Mars turns back once every 779.94 days — longer than a calendar year — and each loop is over in weeks, so now and then a whole year passes between two of them.
The run-up to the next loop starts before the year is out: the pre-retrograde shadow opens on November 15, the day Mars first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.
Computed from the actual motion
The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1932
Gap across 1932
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.
Computed for 1932
Mars through the zodiac in 1932
Every sign Mars occupies during 1932, 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.
9 segments in 1932. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.
1932 at a glance
Every other retrograde in 1932
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 1932: None — Next Starts Jan 21, 1933.” Accessed November 1, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/1932/
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