Mars retrograde 1963

1 period, 75 days inside the year — 20.5% of 1963. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

80 days · retreats 19.47° · crosses the year boundary

26 December → 16 March 1963 in Leo

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

Stations direct 16 Mar 1963, 16:45 UTC at 5.85° Leo

Shadow opens 22 Oct 1962 (65 days before)

Shadow closes 23 May 1963 (68 days after)

Full window including shadows 213 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1963

1962 Ended 9 February 1963 after 46 days, moving back 12.03° through the zodiac.

1965 Begins 28 January 1965 and runs 81 days.

Gap across 1963

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.

← 1962 Mars retrograde in 1962. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1964 → Mars retrograde in 1964.