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Mars retrograde 1949

There was no Mars retrograde in 1949: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on March 29, 1948 in Leo, and the next began on February 12, 1950 in Libra.

Retrograde in 1949
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Mar 29, 1948 12:34 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Feb 12, 1950 5:49 AM UTC
Gap between loops
685 days
Mars Retrograde 1949: None — Next Starts Feb 12, 1950

Mars’s path through 1949, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1949
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1949. Mars starts 1949 at 26°21′ Capricorn and ends it at 1°30′ Libra — 245.2° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 7 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Feb 12, 1950. Fastest day: Feb 3, 0.79° forward. Counting the shadows, 24 days of 1949 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 7, 1949 – Feb 12, 1950CapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1949. Mars starts 1949 at 26°21′ Capricorn and ends it at 1°30′ Libra — 245.2° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 7 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Feb 12, 1950. Fastest day: Feb 3, 0.79° forward. Counting the shadows, 24 days of 1949 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 7, 1949 – Feb 12, 1950CapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1949 at 26°21′ Capricorn and ends it at 1°30′ Libra — 245.2° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 7 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Feb 12, 1950. Fastest day: Feb 3, 0.79° forward. Counting the shadows, 24 days of 1949 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 1949: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 5:49 AM UTC on February 12, 1950 at 11°02′ Libra — 1:49 AM in Santiago, 12:49 AM in New York, 5:49 AM in London and 2:49 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Mar 29, 1948 Turns retrograde · Feb 12, 1950
UTC Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · 18°06′ Leo Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · 11°02′ Libra
Honolulu United States 2:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−10 7:49 PM Sat, Feb 11, 1950 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 2:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−10 7:49 PM Sat, Feb 11, 1950 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 5:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−7 9:49 PM Sat, Feb 11, 1950 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 5:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−7 10:49 PM Sat, Feb 11, 1950 · UTC−7
Denver United States 5:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−7 10:49 PM Sat, Feb 11, 1950 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 6:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−6 11:49 PM Sat, Feb 11, 1950 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 6:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−6 11:49 PM Sat, Feb 11, 1950 · UTC−6
New York United States 7:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−5 12:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 7:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−5 12:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 7:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−5 12:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 7:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−5 12:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 8:04 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−4:30 1:19 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 8:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−4 1:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 9:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−3 2:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 9:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−3 3:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC−2
Reykjavík Iceland 11:34 AM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC−1 4:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 1:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+1 5:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 1:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+1 6:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+1
Paris France 1:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+1 6:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 1:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+1 6:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 2:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+2 7:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 2:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+2 7:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 2:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+2 7:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 2:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+2 7:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 3:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+3 8:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 3:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+3 8:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 4:04 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+3:30 9:19 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 4:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+4 9:49 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 6:04 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+5:30 11:19 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 6:04 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+5:30 11:19 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 6:04 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+5:30 11:19 AM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 7:04 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+6:30 12:19 PM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+6:30
Bangkok Thailand 7:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+7 12:49 PM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 8:04 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+7:30 1:49 PM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+8
Singapore 8:04 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+7:30 1:19 PM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 8:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+8 1:49 PM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 8:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+8 1:49 PM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 8:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+8 1:49 PM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 9:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+9 2:49 PM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 9:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+9 2:49 PM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 10:04 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+9:30 3:19 PM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 10:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+10 3:49 PM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 10:34 PM Mon, Mar 29, 1948 · UTC+10 3:49 PM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 12:34 AM Tue, Mar 30, 1948 · UTC+12 5:49 PM Sun, Feb 12, 1950 · 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 1949: a year between two loops

685 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1949 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 December 7, the day Mars first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.

The loops themselves are on the 1948 and 1950 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1949

Previous

1948 Ended March 29, 1948 after 81 days, moving back 19.51° through the zodiac.

Next

1950 Begins February 12, 1950 and runs 80 days.

Gap across 1949

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 1949

Mars through the zodiac in 1949

Every sign Mars occupies during 1949, 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.

Mars in Capricorn From Jan 1 – Jan 4
Mars in Aquarius Jan 4 – Feb 11
Mars in Pisces Feb 11 – Mar 21
Mars in Aries Mar 21 – Apr 30
Mars in Taurus Apr 30 – Jun 10
Mars in Gemini Jun 10 – Jul 23
Mars in Cancer Jul 23 – Sep 7
Mars in Leo Sep 7 – Oct 27
Mars in Virgo Oct 27 – Dec 26
Mars in Libra Dec 26 – Dec 31 and beyond

10 segments in 1949. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1949 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1949

Uranus in Cancer Oct 6, 1948 – Mar 5, 1949 · 150 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 17, 1948 – Apr 26, 1949 · 160 days
Saturn in Virgo Dec 17, 1948 – May 1, 1949 · 135 days
Neptune in Libra Jan 16, 1949 – Jun 23, 1949 · 158 days
Mercury in Aquarius Jan 24, 1949 – Feb 14, 1949 · 21 days
Jupiter in Aquarius May 20, 1949 – Sep 18, 1949 · 121 days
Mercury in Gemini May 23, 1949 – Jun 16, 1949 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 21, 1949 – Oct 12, 1949 · 22 days
Uranus in Cancer Oct 11, 1949 – Mar 9, 1950 · 150 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 19, 1949 – Apr 28, 1950 · 160 days
Saturn in Virgo Dec 30, 1949 – May 15, 1950 · 136 days
← 1948 Mars retrograde in 1948. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1950 → Mars retrograde in 1950.

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AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 1949: None — Next Starts Feb 12, 1950.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/1949/

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