Mars retrograde 1958

1 period, 71 days inside the year — 19.4% of 1958. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

71 days · retreats 15.96°

10 October → 20 December 1958 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 10 Oct 1958, 10:23 UTC at 3.14° Gemini

Stations direct 20 Dec 1958, 08:39 UTC at 17.17° Taurus

Shadow opens 18 Aug 1958 (53 days before)

Shadow closes 16 Feb 1959 (58 days after)

Full window including shadows 182 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1958

1956 Ended 10 October 1956 after 61 days, moving back 10.51° through the zodiac.

1960 Begins 20 November 1960 and runs 77 days.

Gap across 1958

4.1 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.

← 1957 Mars retrograde in 1957. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1959 → Mars retrograde in 1959.