Mars retrograde 1937

1 period, 74 days inside the year — 20.2% of 1937. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

74 days · retreats 16.01°

14 April → 27 June 1937 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 14 Apr 1937, 15:14 UTC at 6.39° Sagittarius

Stations direct 27 Jun 1937, 09:44 UTC at 20.38° Scorpio

Shadow opens 13 Feb 1937 (60 days before)

Shadow closes 20 Aug 1937 (54 days after)

Full window including shadows 188 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1937

1935 Ended 17 May 1935 after 79 days, moving back 18.57° through the zodiac.

1939 Begins 22 June 1939 and runs 62 days.

Gap across 1937

4.1 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.

← 1936 Mars retrograde in 1936. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1938 → Mars retrograde in 1938.