Mars retrograde 1943

1 period, 65 days inside the year — 17.7% of 1943. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

74 days · retreats 17.37° · crosses the year boundary

28 October → 10 January 1944 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 28 Oct 1943, 05:48 UTC at 23.01° Gemini

Stations direct 10 Jan 1944, 05:13 UTC at 5.64° Gemini

Shadow opens 1 Sep 1943 (56 days before)

Shadow closes 12 Mar 1944 (62 days after)

Full window including shadows 192 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1943

1941 Ended 10 November 1941 after 65 days, moving back 12.65° through the zodiac.

1944 Begins 22 November 1943 and runs 49 days.

Gap across 1943

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.

← 1942 Mars retrograde in 1942. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1944 → Mars retrograde in 1944.