Mars retrograde 1962

1 period, 6 days inside the year — 1.6% of 1962. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

46 days · retreats 12.03° · crosses the year boundary

26 December → 9 February 1963 in Leo

Stations retrograde 26 Dec 1962, 06:17 UTC at 25.32° Leo

Stations direct 9 Feb 1963, 23:59 UTC at 13.29° Leo

Shadow opens 7 Nov 1962 (49 days before)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1962

1961 Ended 6 February 1961 after 76 days, moving back 18.66° through the zodiac.

1963 Begins 26 December 1962 and runs 80 days.

Gap across 1962

1.9 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.

← 1961 Mars retrograde in 1961. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1963 → Mars retrograde in 1963.