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Mars retrograde 1963

Mars retrograde 1963: 1 period, 75 days inside the year — 20.5% of 1963. Mars turned direct at 5:22 PM UTC on March 16 at 5°20′ Leo.

Turns direct
Mar 16 5:22 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1963
75 days 20.5% of the year
Sign
Leo retreats 19.46°
Mars Retrograde 1963 Dates: Until Mar 16

Mars’s path through 1963, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, Dec 20, 1962 – Dec 31, 1963
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, Dec 20, 1962 – Dec 31, 1963. Mars starts 1963 at 24°03′ Leo and ends it at 19°56′ Capricorn — 145.9° of net progress: 165.1° forward, 19.2° given back. The loop retraces 19.46° in 80 days, from 24°47′ Leo on Dec 26 back to 5°20′ Leo on Mar 16 1963. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.78° forward; fastest backward: Feb 3, 0.4°. Counting the shadows, 143 days of 1963 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 22, 1962 – Dec 26, 1962Post-retrograde shadow: Mar 16, 1963 – May 23, 1963Retrograde: Dec 26, 1962 – Mar 16, 1963LeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricorn1963Stations retrograde Dec 26, 1962, 6:12 AM UTC, 24°48′ LeoR Dec 26Stations direct Mar 16, 1963, 5:22 PM UTC, 5°20′ LeoD Mar 16JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, Dec 20, 1962 – Dec 31, 1963. Mars starts 1963 at 24°03′ Leo and ends it at 19°56′ Capricorn — 145.9° of net progress: 165.1° forward, 19.2° given back. The loop retraces 19.46° in 80 days, from 24°47′ Leo on Dec 26 back to 5°20′ Leo on Mar 16 1963. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.78° forward; fastest backward: Feb 3, 0.4°. Counting the shadows, 143 days of 1963 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 22, 1962 – Dec 26, 1962Post-retrograde shadow: Mar 16, 1963 – May 23, 1963Retrograde: Dec 26, 1962 – Mar 16, 1963LeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricorn1963Stations retrograde Dec 26, 1962, 6:12 AM UTC, 24°48′ LeoR Dec 26Stations direct Mar 16, 1963, 5:22 PM UTC, 5°20′ LeoD Mar 16JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1963 at 24°03′ Leo and ends it at 19°56′ Capricorn — 145.9° of net progress: 165.1° forward, 19.2° given back. The loop retraces 19.46° in 80 days, from 24°47′ Leo on Dec 26 back to 5°20′ Leo on Mar 16 1963. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.78° forward; fastest backward: Feb 3, 0.4°. Counting the shadows, 143 days of 1963 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Mars retrograde 1963: exact times in your city

Mars turned direct at 5:22 PM UTC on March 16, 1963 at 5°20′ Leo — 1:22 PM in Santiago, 12:22 PM in New York, 5:22 PM in London and 2:22 AM on March 17 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct
UTC Sat, Mar 16 · 5°20′ Leo
Honolulu United States 7:22 AM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 7:22 AM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 9:22 AM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 10:22 AM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−7
Denver United States 10:22 AM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 11:22 AM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 11:22 AM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−6
New York United States 12:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 12:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 12:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 12:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 12:52 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 1:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 2:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 2:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 4:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 5:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 6:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+1
Paris France 6:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 6:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 7:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 7:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 7:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 8:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 8:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 8:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 8:52 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 9:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 10:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 10:52 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 10:52 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 11:22 PM Sat, Mar 16 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 12:22 AM Sun, Mar 17 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 12:52 AM Sun, Mar 17 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 12:52 AM Sun, Mar 17 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 1:22 AM Sun, Mar 17 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 1:22 AM Sun, Mar 17 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 1:22 AM Sun, Mar 17 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 2:22 AM Sun, Mar 17 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 2:22 AM Sun, Mar 17 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 2:52 AM Sun, Mar 17 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 3:22 AM Sun, Mar 17 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 3:22 AM Sun, Mar 17 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 5:22 AM Sun, Mar 17 · 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.

80 days · retreats 19.46° · crosses the year boundary

December 26, 1962 → March 16, 1963 in Leo

Stations retrograde Dec 26, 1962, 6:12 AM UTC at 24°48′ Leo
Stations direct Mar 16, 1963, 5:22 PM UTC at 5°20′ Leo
Shadow opens Oct 22, 1962, 8:49 AM UTC (65 days before)
Shadow closes May 23, 1963, 12:56 PM UTC (68 days after)
Full window including shadows 213 days
The December loop up close, shadow to shadow
The December loop up close, shadow to shadow. Mars crosses the 19.46° between 5°20′ Leo and 24°48′ Leo three times: forward in the pre-shadow (65 days), back while retrograde (80 days), forward again in the post-shadow (68 days). Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 22, 1962 – Dec 26, 1962Post-retrograde shadow: Mar 16, 1963 – May 23, 1963Retrograde: Dec 26, 1962 – Mar 16, 19630° Leo10° Leo20° Leo0° VirgoStations retrograde Dec 26, 1962, 6:12 AM UTC, 24°48′ LeoR Dec 26 · 24°48′ LeoStations direct Mar 16, 1963, 5:22 PM UTC, 5°20′ LeoD Mar 16 · 5°20′ LeoOct 15Nov 12Dec 10Jan 7Feb 4Mar 4Apr 1Apr 29May 27Source: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com The December loop up close, shadow to shadow. Mars crosses the 19.46° between 5°20′ Leo and 24°48′ Leo three times: forward in the pre-shadow (65 days), back while retrograde (80 days), forward again in the post-shadow (68 days). Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 22, 1962 – Dec 26, 1962Post-retrograde shadow: Mar 16, 1963 – May 23, 1963Retrograde: Dec 26, 1962 – Mar 16, 196310° Leo20° Leo0° VirgoStations retrograde Dec 26, 1962, 6:12 AM UTC, 24°48′ LeoR Dec 26 · 24°48′ LeoStations direct Mar 16, 1963, 5:22 PM UTC, 5°20′ LeoD Mar 16 · 5°20′ LeoOct 15Dec 10Feb 4Apr 1Source: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com

Mars crosses the 19.46° between 5°20′ Leo and 24°48′ Leo three times: forward in the pre-shadow (65 days), back while retrograde (80 days), forward again in the post-shadow (68 days).

Mars retrograde in Leo

Mars retrograde in Leo tests pride, ambition and creative drive. Plans for recognition stall, conflicts with authority figures flare, and people reconsider what they are fighting for. It suits reworking creative ambitions rather than forcing them.

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Pisces season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Virgo — Dec 26 to Mar 16, 1963 (80 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Virgo — Dec 26 to Mar 16, 1963 (80 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aquarius — Jan 11 to Feb 1, 1963 (21 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Scorpio — Feb 16 to Mar 16, 1963 (28 days of overlap)

For the sign itself, see Leo and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1963

Previous

1961 Ended February 6, 1961 after 77 days, moving back 18.66° through the zodiac.

Next

1965 Begins January 28, 1965 and runs 81 days.

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 1963

Mars through the zodiac in 1963

Every sign Mars occupies during 1963, 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 Leo From Jan 1 – Jun 3
Mars in Virgo Jun 3 – Jul 27
Mars in Libra Jul 27 – Sep 12
Mars in Scorpio Sep 12 – Oct 25
Mars in Sagittarius Oct 25 – Dec 5
Mars in Capricorn Dec 5 – Dec 31 and beyond

6 segments in 1963. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1963 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1963

Uranus in Virgo Dec 11, 1962 – May 9, 1963 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 14, 1962 – May 21, 1963 · 158 days
Mercury in Aquarius Jan 11, 1963 – Feb 1, 1963 · 21 days
Neptune in Scorpio Feb 16, 1963 – Jul 25, 1963 · 160 days
Mercury in Gemini May 6, 1963 – May 30, 1963 · 24 days
Saturn in Aquarius Jun 3, 1963 – Oct 21, 1963 · 140 days
Jupiter in Aries Aug 9, 1963 – Dec 5, 1963 · 118 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 6, 1963 – Sep 29, 1963 · 22 days
Uranus in Virgo Dec 16, 1963 – May 13, 1964 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 17, 1963 – May 22, 1964 · 158 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 26, 1963 – Jan 15, 1964 · 20 days
← 1962 Mars retrograde in 1962. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1964 → Mars retrograde in 1964.

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