Mars retrograde 1941

1 period, 65 days inside the year — 17.7% of 1941. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

65 days · retreats 12.65°

6 September → 10 November 1941 in Aries

Stations retrograde 6 Sep 1941, 17:48 UTC at 24.55° Aries

Stations direct 10 Nov 1941, 08:25 UTC at 11.91° Aries

Shadow opens 22 Jul 1941 (46 days before)

Shadow closes 29 Dec 1941 (49 days after)

Full window including shadows 160 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1941

1939 Ended 24 August 1939 after 62 days, moving back 10.79° through the zodiac.

1943 Begins 28 October 1943 and runs 74 days.

Gap across 1941

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.

← 1940 Mars retrograde in 1940. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1942 → Mars retrograde in 1942.