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Mars retrograde 1964

There was no Mars retrograde in 1964: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on March 16, 1963 in Leo, and the next began on January 28, 1965 in Virgo.

Retrograde in 1964
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Mar 16, 1963 5:22 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Jan 28, 1965 10:39 PM UTC
Gap between loops
684 days
Mars Retrograde 1964: None — Next Starts Jan 28, 1965

Mars’s path through 1964, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1964
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1964. Mars starts 1964 at 19°56′ Capricorn and ends it at 23°19′ Virgo — 243.4° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Nov 23 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 28, 1965. Fastest day: Feb 13, 0.79° forward. Counting the shadows, 39 days of 1964 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 23, 1964 – Jan 28, 1965CapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1964. Mars starts 1964 at 19°56′ Capricorn and ends it at 23°19′ Virgo — 243.4° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Nov 23 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 28, 1965. Fastest day: Feb 13, 0.79° forward. Counting the shadows, 39 days of 1964 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 23, 1964 – Jan 28, 1965CapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1964 at 19°56′ Capricorn and ends it at 23°19′ Virgo — 243.4° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Nov 23 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 28, 1965. Fastest day: Feb 13, 0.79° forward. Counting the shadows, 39 days of 1964 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 1964: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 10:39 PM UTC on January 28, 1965 at 28°02′ Virgo — 6:39 PM in Santiago, 5:39 PM in New York, 10:39 PM in London and 7:39 AM on January 29 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Mar 16, 1963 Turns retrograde · Jan 28, 1965
UTC Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · 5°20′ Leo Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · 28°02′ Virgo
Honolulu United States 7:22 AM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−10 12:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 7:22 AM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−10 12:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 9:22 AM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−8 2:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 10:22 AM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−7 3:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−7
Denver United States 10:22 AM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−7 3:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 11:22 AM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−6 4:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 11:22 AM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−6 4:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−6
New York United States 12:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−5 5:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 12:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−5 5:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 12:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−5 5:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 12:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−5 5:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 12:52 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−4:30 6:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 1:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−4 6:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 2:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−3 7:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 2:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−3 7:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 4:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC−1 9:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 5:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC 10:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 6:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+1 11:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC+1
Paris France 6:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+1 11:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 6:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+1 11:39 PM Thu, Jan 28, 1965 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 7:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+2 12:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 7:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+2 12:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 7:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+2 12:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 8:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+3 12:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 8:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+3 1:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 8:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+3 1:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 8:52 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+3:30 2:09 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 9:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+4 2:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 10:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+5 3:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 10:52 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+5:30 4:09 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 10:52 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+5:30 4:09 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 11:22 PM Sat, Mar 16, 1963 · UTC+6 4:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 12:22 AM Sun, Mar 17, 1963 · UTC+7 5:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 12:52 AM Sun, Mar 17, 1963 · UTC+7:30 5:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+7
Singapore 12:52 AM Sun, Mar 17, 1963 · UTC+7:30 6:09 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 1:22 AM Sun, Mar 17, 1963 · UTC+8 6:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 1:22 AM Sun, Mar 17, 1963 · UTC+8 6:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 1:22 AM Sun, Mar 17, 1963 · UTC+8 6:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 2:22 AM Sun, Mar 17, 1963 · UTC+9 7:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 2:22 AM Sun, Mar 17, 1963 · UTC+9 7:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 2:52 AM Sun, Mar 17, 1963 · UTC+9:30 8:09 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 3:22 AM Sun, Mar 17, 1963 · UTC+10 8:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 3:22 AM Sun, Mar 17, 1963 · UTC+10 8:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 5:22 AM Sun, Mar 17, 1963 · UTC+12 10:39 AM Fri, Jan 29, 1965 · 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 1964: a year between two loops

684 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1964 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 run-up to the next loop starts before the year is out: the pre-retrograde shadow opens on November 23, the day Mars first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.

The loops themselves are on the 1963 and 1965 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1964

Previous

1963 Ended March 16, 1963 after 80 days, moving back 19.46° through the zodiac.

Next

1965 Begins January 28, 1965 and runs 81 days.

Gap across 1964

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.

Computed for 1964

Mars through the zodiac in 1964

Every sign Mars occupies during 1964, 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 Capricorn From Jan 1 – Jan 13
Mars in Aquarius Jan 13 – Feb 20
Mars in Pisces Feb 20 – Mar 29
Mars in Aries Mar 29 – May 7
Mars in Taurus May 7 – Jun 17
Mars in Gemini Jun 17 – Jul 30
Mars in Cancer Jul 30 – Sep 15
Mars in Leo Sep 15 – Nov 6
Mars in Virgo Nov 6 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 1964. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1964 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1964

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
Neptune in Scorpio Feb 18, 1964 – Jul 27, 1964 · 160 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 16, 1964 – May 10, 1964 · 24 days
Venus in Cancer May 29, 1964 – Jul 11, 1964 · 43 days
Saturn in Pisces Jun 15, 1964 – Nov 1, 1964 · 140 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 19, 1964 – Sep 11, 1964 · 23 days
Jupiter in Taurus Sep 14, 1964 – Jan 10, 1965 · 118 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 9, 1964 – Dec 29, 1964 · 20 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 18, 1964 – May 25, 1965 · 157 days
Uranus in Virgo Dec 20, 1964 – May 18, 1965 · 149 days
← 1963 Mars retrograde in 1963. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1965 → Mars retrograde in 1965.

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