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Mars retrograde 1953

There was no Mars retrograde in 1953: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on June 10, 1952 in Scorpio, and the next began on May 23, 1954 in Capricorn.

Retrograde in 1953
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Jun 10, 1952 2:46 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
May 23, 1954 12:48 PM UTC
Gap between loops
712 days
Mars Retrograde 1953: None — Next Starts May 23, 1954

Mars’s path through 1953, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1953
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1953. Mars starts 1953 at 0°11′ Pisces and ends it at 6°16′ Scorpio — 246.1° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.77° forward. PiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1953. Mars starts 1953 at 0°11′ Pisces and ends it at 6°16′ Scorpio — 246.1° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.77° forward. PiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1953 at 0°11′ Pisces and ends it at 6°16′ Scorpio — 246.1° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.77° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 1953: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 12:48 PM UTC on May 23, 1954 at 8°31′ Capricorn — 8:48 AM in Santiago, 8:48 AM in New York, 1:48 PM in London and 9:48 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Jun 10, 1952 Turns retrograde · May 23, 1954
UTC Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · 1°10′ Scorpio Sun, May 23, 1954 · 8°31′ Capricorn
Honolulu United States 4:46 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−10 2:48 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 4:46 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−10 2:48 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 7:46 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−7 5:48 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 7:46 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−7 5:48 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−7
Denver United States 7:46 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−7 5:48 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 9:46 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−5 7:48 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 8:46 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−6 6:48 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−6
New York United States 10:46 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−4 8:48 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 10:46 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−4 8:48 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 9:46 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−5 7:48 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 9:46 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−5 7:48 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 10:16 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−4:30 8:18 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 10:46 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−4 8:48 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 11:46 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−3 9:48 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 11:46 PM Mon, Jun 9, 1952 · UTC−3 9:48 AM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 2:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC 12:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC
London United Kingdom 3:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+1 1:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 3:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+1 1:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+1
Paris France 3:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+1 1:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 3:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+1 1:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 4:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+2 2:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 4:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+2 2:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 4:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+2 2:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 4:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+2 2:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 5:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+3 3:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 5:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+3 3:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 6:16 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+3:30 4:18 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 6:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+4 4:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 7:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+5 5:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 8:16 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+5:30 6:18 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 8:16 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+5:30 6:18 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 8:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+6 6:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 9:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+7 7:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 10:16 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+7:30 8:18 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 10:16 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+7:30 8:18 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 10:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+8 8:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 10:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+8 9:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+9
Perth Australia 10:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+8 8:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 11:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+9 9:18 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+8:30
Tokyo Japan 11:46 AM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+9 9:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 12:16 PM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+9:30 10:18 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 12:46 PM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+10 10:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 12:46 PM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+10 10:48 PM Sun, May 23, 1954 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 2:46 PM Tue, Jun 10, 1952 · UTC+12 12:48 AM Mon, May 24, 1954 · 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 1953: a year between two loops

712 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1953 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 loops themselves are on the 1952 and 1954 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1953

Previous

1952 Ended June 10, 1952 after 77 days, moving back 17.31° through the zodiac.

Next

1954 Begins May 23, 1954 and runs 67 days.

Gap across 1953

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.

Computed for 1953

Mars through the zodiac in 1953

Every sign Mars occupies during 1953, 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 Pisces From Jan 1 – Feb 8
Mars in Aries Feb 8 – Mar 20
Mars in Taurus Mar 20 – May 1
Mars in Gemini May 1 – Jun 14
Mars in Cancer Jun 14 – Jul 29
Mars in Leo Jul 29 – Sep 14
Mars in Virgo Sep 14 – Nov 1
Mars in Libra Nov 1 – Dec 20
Mars in Scorpio Dec 20 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 1953. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1953 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1953

Jupiter in Taurus Sep 9, 1952 – Jan 5, 1953 · 118 days
Uranus in Cancer Oct 24, 1952 – Mar 22, 1953 · 149 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 24, 1952 – May 2, 1953 · 159 days
Neptune in Libra Jan 25, 1953 – Jul 2, 1953 · 159 days
Saturn in Libra Feb 5, 1953 – Jun 23, 1953 · 139 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 9, 1953 – Apr 1, 1953 · 23 days
Venus in Taurus Mar 23, 1953 – May 4, 1953 · 42 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 11, 1953 – Aug 4, 1953 · 24 days
Jupiter in Gemini Oct 15, 1953 – Feb 10, 1954 · 118 days
Uranus in Cancer Oct 29, 1953 – Mar 27, 1954 · 149 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 3, 1953 – Nov 23, 1953 · 20 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 26, 1953 – May 4, 1954 · 159 days
← 1952 Mars retrograde in 1952. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1954 → Mars retrograde in 1954.

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AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 1953: None — Next Starts May 23, 1954.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/1953/

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