Mars retrograde 1933

1 period, 81 days inside the year — 22.2% of 1933. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

81 days · retreats 19.43°

21 January → 12 April 1933 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 21 Jan 1933, 00:37 UTC at 21.21° Virgo

Stations direct 12 Apr 1933, 02:21 UTC at 1.78° Virgo

Shadow opens 15 Nov 1932 (66 days before)

Shadow closes 17 Jun 1933 (67 days after)

Full window including shadows 214 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1933

1931 Ended 8 March 1931 after 80 days, moving back 19.39° through the zodiac.

1935 Begins 27 February 1935 and runs 79 days.

Gap across 1933

4 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.

← 1932 Mars retrograde in 1932. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1934 → Mars retrograde in 1934.