Mars retrograde 1954

1 period, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1954. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

67 days · retreats 12.95°

23 May → 29 July 1954 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 23 May 1954, 10:15 UTC at 9.13° Capricorn

Stations direct 29 Jul 1954, 13:36 UTC at 26.19° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 1 Apr 1954 (52 days before)

Shadow closes 14 Sep 1954 (47 days after)

Full window including shadows 166 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1954

1952 Ended 10 June 1952 after 77 days, moving back 17.32° through the zodiac.

1956 Begins 10 August 1956 and runs 61 days.

Gap across 1954

4.2 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.

← 1953 Mars retrograde in 1953. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1955 → Mars retrograde in 1955.