2027 Forecast

Mars retrograde 1936

There was no Mars retrograde in 1936: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on May 17, 1935 in Libra, and the next began on April 14, 1937 in Sagittarius.

Retrograde in 1936
None direct all year
Previous direct station
May 17, 1935 9:38 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Apr 14, 1937 2:42 PM UTC
Gap between loops
698 days
Mars Retrograde 1936: None — Next Starts Apr 14, 1937

Mars’s path through 1936, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1936
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1936. Mars starts 1936 at 18°27′ Aquarius and ends it at 26°27′ Libra — 248° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 2, 0.78° forward. AquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1936. Mars starts 1936 at 18°27′ Aquarius and ends it at 26°27′ Libra — 248° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 2, 0.78° forward. AquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1936 at 18°27′ Aquarius and ends it at 26°27′ Libra — 248° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 2, 0.78° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 1936: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 2:42 PM UTC on April 14, 1937 at 5°31′ Sagittarius — 10:42 AM in Santiago, 9:42 AM in New York, 2:42 PM in London and 11:42 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · May 17, 1935 Turns retrograde · Apr 14, 1937
UTC Fri, May 17, 1935 · 6°02′ Libra Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · 5°31′ Sagittarius
Honolulu United States 11:08 AM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−10:30 4:12 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−10:30
Anchorage United States 11:38 AM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−10 4:42 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 1:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−8 6:42 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 2:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−7 7:42 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−7
Denver United States 2:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−7 7:42 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 4:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−5 8:42 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 3:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−6 8:42 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−6
New York United States 5:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−4 9:42 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 5:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−4 9:42 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 4:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−5 9:42 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 4:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−5 9:42 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 5:08 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−4:30 10:12 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 5:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−4 10:42 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 5:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−4 10:42 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−4
São Paulo Brazil 6:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−3 11:42 AM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 8:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC−1 1:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 10:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC+1 2:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 10:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC+1 3:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+1
Paris France 10:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC+1 3:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 10:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC+1 3:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 11:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC+2 4:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 11:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC+2 4:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 11:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC+2 4:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 11:38 PM Fri, May 17, 1935 · UTC+2 4:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 12:38 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+3 5:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 12:08 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+2:30 5:27 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+2:45
Tehran Iran 1:03 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+3:25 6:12 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 1:38 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+4 6:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 3:08 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+5:30 8:12 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 3:08 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+5:30 8:12 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 3:08 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+5:30 8:12 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 3:31 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+5:53 8:35 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+5:53
Bangkok Thailand 4:38 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+7 9:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 5:08 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+7:30 10:12 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 4:58 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+7:20 10:02 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+7:20
Beijing China 5:38 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+8 10:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 5:38 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+8 10:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 5:38 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+8 10:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 6:38 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+9 11:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 6:38 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+9 11:42 PM Wed, Apr 14, 1937 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 7:08 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+9:30 12:12 AM Thu, Apr 15, 1937 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 7:38 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+10 12:42 AM Thu, Apr 15, 1937 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 7:38 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+10 12:42 AM Thu, Apr 15, 1937 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 9:08 AM Sat, May 18, 1935 · UTC+11:30 2:42 AM Thu, Apr 15, 1937 · 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 1936: a year between two loops

698 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1936 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 loops themselves are on the 1935 and 1937 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1936

Previous

1935 Ended May 17, 1935 after 79 days, moving back 18.56° through the zodiac.

Next

1937 Begins April 14, 1937 and runs 74 days.

Gap across 1936

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 1936

Mars through the zodiac in 1936

Every sign Mars occupies during 1936, 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 Aquarius From Jan 1 – Jan 14
Mars in Pisces Jan 14 – Feb 22
Mars in Aries Feb 22 – Apr 1
Mars in Taurus Apr 1 – May 13
Mars in Gemini May 13 – Jun 25
Mars in Cancer Jun 25 – Aug 10
Mars in Leo Aug 10 – Sep 26
Mars in Virgo Sep 26 – Nov 14
Mars in Libra Nov 14 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 1936. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1936 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1936

Uranus in Taurus Aug 11, 1935 – Jan 10, 1936 · 152 days
Pluto in Cancer Oct 29, 1935 – Apr 7, 1936 · 161 days
Neptune in Virgo Dec 19, 1935 – May 25, 1936 · 158 days
Mercury in Aquarius Jan 23, 1936 – Feb 13, 1936 · 21 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius Apr 10, 1936 – Aug 11, 1936 · 123 days
Mercury in Gemini May 19, 1936 – Jun 12, 1936 · 24 days
Saturn in Pisces Jul 3, 1936 – Nov 19, 1936 · 139 days
Uranus in Taurus Aug 15, 1936 – Jan 13, 1937 · 152 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 18, 1936 – Oct 10, 1936 · 22 days
Pluto in Cancer Oct 30, 1936 – Apr 9, 1937 · 161 days
Neptune in Virgo Dec 21, 1936 – May 27, 1937 · 158 days
← 1935 Mars retrograde in 1935. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1937 → Mars retrograde in 1937.

Cite this page

AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 1936: None — Next Starts Apr 14, 1937.” Accessed November 1, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/1936/

For Wikipedia {{cite web |title=Mars Retrograde 1936: None — Next Starts Apr 14, 1937 |url=https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/1936/ |website=AstroHot |access-date=2026-11-01}}