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Mars retrograde 1955

There was no Mars retrograde in 1955: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on July 29, 1954 in Sagittarius, and the next began on August 10, 1956 in Pisces.

Retrograde in 1955
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Jul 29, 1954 3:20 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Aug 10, 1956 4:19 PM UTC
Gap between loops
743 days
Mars Retrograde 1955: None — Next Starts Aug 10, 1956

Mars’s path through 1955, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1955
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1955. Mars starts 1955 at 19°10′ Pisces and ends it at 20°48′ Scorpio — 241.6° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.72° forward. PiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1955. Mars starts 1955 at 19°10′ Pisces and ends it at 20°48′ Scorpio — 241.6° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.72° forward. PiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1955 at 19°10′ Pisces and ends it at 20°48′ Scorpio — 241.6° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.72° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 1955: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 4:19 PM UTC on August 10, 1956 at 23°39′ Pisces — 12:19 PM in Santiago, 12:19 PM in New York, 5:19 PM in London and 1:19 AM on August 11 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Jul 29, 1954 Turns retrograde · Aug 10, 1956
UTC Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · 25°35′ Sagittarius Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · 23°39′ Pisces
Honolulu United States 5:20 AM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−10 6:19 AM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 5:20 AM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−10 6:19 AM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 8:20 AM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−7 9:19 AM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 8:20 AM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−7 9:19 AM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−7
Denver United States 8:20 AM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−7 9:19 AM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 10:20 AM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−5 11:19 AM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 9:20 AM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−6 10:19 AM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−6
New York United States 11:20 AM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−4 12:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 11:20 AM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−4 12:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 10:20 AM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−5 11:19 AM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 10:20 AM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−5 11:19 AM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 10:50 AM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−4:30 11:49 AM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 11:20 AM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−4 12:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 12:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−3 1:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 12:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC−3 1:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 3:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC 4:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC
London United Kingdom 4:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+1 5:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 4:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+1 5:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+1
Paris France 4:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+1 5:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 4:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+1 5:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 5:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+2 6:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 5:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+2 6:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 5:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+2 6:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 5:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+2 6:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 6:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+3 7:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 6:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+3 7:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 6:50 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+3:30 7:49 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 7:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+4 8:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 8:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+5 9:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 8:50 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+5:30 9:49 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 8:50 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+5:30 9:49 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 9:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+6 10:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 10:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+7 11:19 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 10:50 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+7:30 11:49 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 10:50 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+7:30 11:49 PM Fri, Aug 10, 1956 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 11:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+8 12:19 AM Sat, Aug 11, 1956 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 11:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+8 12:19 AM Sat, Aug 11, 1956 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 11:20 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+8 12:19 AM Sat, Aug 11, 1956 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 11:50 PM Thu, Jul 29, 1954 · UTC+8:30 1:49 AM Sat, Aug 11, 1956 · UTC+9:30
Tokyo Japan 12:20 AM Fri, Jul 30, 1954 · UTC+9 1:19 AM Sat, Aug 11, 1956 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 12:50 AM Fri, Jul 30, 1954 · UTC+9:30 1:49 AM Sat, Aug 11, 1956 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 1:20 AM Fri, Jul 30, 1954 · UTC+10 2:19 AM Sat, Aug 11, 1956 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 1:20 AM Fri, Jul 30, 1954 · UTC+10 2:19 AM Sat, Aug 11, 1956 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 3:20 AM Fri, Jul 30, 1954 · UTC+12 4:19 AM Sat, Aug 11, 1956 · 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 1955: a year between two loops

743 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1955 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 1954 and 1956 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1955

Previous

1954 Ended July 29, 1954 after 67 days, moving back 12.94° through the zodiac.

Next

1956 Begins August 10, 1956 and runs 61 days.

Gap across 1955

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 1955

Mars through the zodiac in 1955

Every sign Mars occupies during 1955, 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 – Jan 15
Mars in Aries Jan 15 – Feb 26
Mars in Taurus Feb 26 – Apr 10
Mars in Gemini Apr 10 – May 26
Mars in Cancer May 26 – Jul 11
Mars in Leo Jul 11 – Aug 27
Mars in Virgo Aug 27 – Oct 13
Mars in Libra Oct 13 – Nov 29
Mars in Scorpio Nov 29 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 1955. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1955 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1955

Uranus in Cancer Nov 3, 1954 – Apr 1, 1955 · 149 days
Jupiter in Cancer Nov 17, 1954 – Mar 16, 1955 · 120 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 28, 1954 – May 6, 1955 · 159 days
Neptune in Libra Jan 29, 1955 – Jul 7, 1955 · 159 days
Mercury in Aquarius Feb 3, 1955 – Feb 25, 1955 · 22 days
Saturn in Scorpio Mar 1, 1955 – Jul 19, 1955 · 140 days
Mercury in Gemini Jun 3, 1955 – Jun 27, 1955 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra Oct 1, 1955 – Oct 22, 1955 · 21 days
Uranus in Leo Nov 8, 1955 – Apr 5, 1956 · 149 days
Pluto in Leo Dec 1, 1955 – May 7, 1956 · 159 days
Jupiter in Virgo Dec 18, 1955 – Apr 17, 1956 · 121 days
← 1954 Mars retrograde in 1954. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1956 → Mars retrograde in 1956.

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