Mars retrograde 1950

1 period, 80 days inside the year — 22% of 1950. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

80 days · retreats 19.04°

12 February → 3 May 1950 in Libra

Stations retrograde 12 Feb 1950, 05:00 UTC at 11.73° Libra

Stations direct 3 May 1950, 16:07 UTC at 22.69° Virgo

Shadow opens 7 Dec 1949 (66 days before)

Shadow closes 7 Jul 1950 (65 days after)

Full window including shadows 211 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1950

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

1952 Begins 25 March 1952 and runs 77 days.

Gap across 1950

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.

← 1949 Mars retrograde in 1949. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1951 → Mars retrograde in 1951.