Mars retrograde 1948

1 period, 81 days inside the year — 22.1% of 1948. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

81 days · retreats 19.51°

8 January → 29 March 1948 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 8 Jan 1948, 13:35 UTC at 8.33° Virgo

Stations direct 29 Mar 1948, 12:13 UTC at 18.82° Leo

Shadow opens 3 Nov 1947 (66 days before)

Shadow closes 5 Jun 1948 (68 days after)

Full window including shadows 214 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1948

1946 Ended 21 February 1946 after 79 days, moving back 19.12° through the zodiac.

1950 Begins 12 February 1950 and runs 80 days.

Gap across 1948

4 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.

← 1947 Mars retrograde in 1947. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1949 → Mars retrograde in 1949.