Mars retrograde 1939

1 period, 62 days inside the year — 17% of 1939. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

62 days · retreats 10.79°

22 June → 24 August 1939 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 22 Jun 1939, 20:20 UTC at 5.56° Aquarius

Stations direct 24 Aug 1939, 01:38 UTC at 24.77° Capricorn

Shadow opens 8 May 1939 (46 days before)

Shadow closes 5 Oct 1939 (42 days after)

Full window including shadows 150 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1939

1937 Ended 27 June 1937 after 74 days, moving back 16.01° through the zodiac.

1941 Begins 6 September 1941 and runs 65 days.

Gap across 1939

4.2 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.

← 1938 Mars retrograde in 1938. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1940 → Mars retrograde in 1940.