Mars retrograde 1947
There was no Mars retrograde in 1947: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on February 21, 1946 in Cancer, and the next began on January 8, 1948 in Virgo.
- Retrograde in 1947
- None direct all year
- Previous direct station
- Feb 21, 1946 9:12 PM UTC
- Next retrograde station
- Jan 8, 1948 1:50 PM UTC
- Gap between loops
- 686 days
Mars’s path through 1947, day by day
Mars starts 1947 at 10°19′ Capricorn and ends it at 6°31′ Virgo — 236.2° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Nov 3 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 8, 1948. Fastest day: Feb 27, 0.79° forward. Counting the shadows, 58 days of 1947 sit inside a retrograde window.
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Exact times
The Mars stations either side of 1947: exact times in your city
Mars turned retrograde at 1:50 PM UTC on January 8, 1948 at 7°36′ Virgo — 9:50 AM in Santiago, 8:50 AM in New York, 1:50 PM in London and 10:50 PM in Tokyo.
| City | Turns direct · Feb 21, 1946 | Turns retrograde · Jan 8, 1948 |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · 14°06′ Cancer | Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · 7°36′ Virgo |
| Honolulu United States | 10:42 AM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−10:30 | 3:50 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 11:12 AM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−10 | 3:50 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 1:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−8 | 5:50 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 2:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−7 | 6:50 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 2:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−7 | 6:50 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 3:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−6 | 7:50 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 3:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−6 | 7:50 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 4:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−5 | 8:50 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 4:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−5 | 8:50 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 4:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−5 | 8:50 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 4:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−5 | 8:50 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 4:42 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−4:30 | 9:20 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 5:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−4 | 9:50 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 6:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−3 | 10:50 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 6:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−3 | 10:50 AM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 8:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC−1 | 12:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 9:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC | 1:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 10:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC+1 | 2:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 10:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC+1 | 2:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 10:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC+1 | 2:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 11:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC+2 | 3:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 11:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC+2 | 3:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 11:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC+2 | 3:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 11:12 PM Thu, Feb 21, 1946 · UTC+2 | 3:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 12:12 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+3 | 4:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 12:12 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+3 | 4:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 12:42 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+3:30 | 5:20 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 1:12 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+4 | 5:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 2:42 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+5:30 | 7:20 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+5:30 |
| New Delhi India | 2:42 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+5:30 | 7:20 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 2:42 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+5:30 | 7:20 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 3:42 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+6:30 | 8:20 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+6:30 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 4:12 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+7 | 8:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 4:42 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+7:30 | 9:20 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+7:30 |
| Singapore | 4:42 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+7:30 | 9:20 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+7:30 |
| Beijing China | 5:12 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+8 | 9:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 5:12 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+8 | 9:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 5:12 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+8 | 9:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 6:12 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+9 | 10:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 6:12 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+9 | 10:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 6:42 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+9:30 | 11:20 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 7:12 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+10 | 11:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 7:12 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+10 | 11:50 PM Thu, Jan 8, 1948 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 9:12 AM Fri, Feb 22, 1946 · UTC+12 | 1:50 AM Fri, Jan 9, 1948 · 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 1947: a year between two loops
686 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1947 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 run-up to the next loop starts before the year is out: the pre-retrograde shadow opens on November 3, the day Mars first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.
Computed from the actual motion
The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1947
Gap across 1947
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 1947
Mars through the zodiac in 1947
Every sign Mars occupies during 1947, 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.
9 segments in 1947. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.
1947 at a glance
Every other retrograde in 1947
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 1947: None — Next Starts Jan 8, 1948.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/1947/
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