Mars retrograde 1965

1 period, 81 days inside the year — 22.2% of 1965. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

81 days · retreats 19.33°

28 January → 19 April 1965 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 28 Jan 1965, 22:21 UTC at 28.54° Virgo

Stations direct 19 Apr 1965, 21:47 UTC at 9.21° Virgo

Shadow opens 23 Nov 1964 (67 days before)

Shadow closes 25 Jun 1965 (66 days after)

Full window including shadows 214 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1965

1963 Ended 16 March 1963 after 80 days, moving back 19.47° through the zodiac.

1967 Begins 8 March 1967 and runs 79 days.

Gap across 1965

4 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.

← 1964 Mars retrograde in 1964. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1966 → Mars retrograde in 1966.