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Mars retrograde 1966

There was no Mars retrograde in 1966: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on April 19, 1965 in Virgo, and the next began on March 8, 1967 in Scorpio.

Retrograde in 1966
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Apr 19, 1965 9:57 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Mar 8, 1967 5:45 PM UTC
Gap between loops
688 days
Mars Retrograde 1966: None — Next Starts Mar 8, 1967

Mars’s path through 1966, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1966
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1966. Mars starts 1966 at 6°24′ Aquarius and ends it at 13°39′ Libra — 247.2° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 21, 0.79° forward. AquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1966. Mars starts 1966 at 6°24′ Aquarius and ends it at 13°39′ Libra — 247.2° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 21, 0.79° forward. AquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1966 at 6°24′ Aquarius and ends it at 13°39′ Libra — 247.2° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 21, 0.79° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 1966: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 5:45 PM UTC on March 8, 1967 at 3°12′ Scorpio — 1:45 PM in Santiago, 12:45 PM in New York, 5:45 PM in London and 2:45 AM on March 9 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Apr 19, 1965 Turns retrograde · Mar 8, 1967
UTC Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · 8°43′ Virgo Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · 3°12′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 11:57 AM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−10 7:45 AM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 11:57 AM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−10 7:45 AM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 1:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−8 9:45 AM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 2:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−7 10:45 AM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−7
Denver United States 2:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−7 10:45 AM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 3:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−6 11:45 AM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 3:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−6 11:45 AM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−6
New York United States 4:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−5 12:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 4:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−5 12:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 4:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−5 12:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 4:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−5 12:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 5:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−4 1:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 5:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−4 1:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 5:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−4 2:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 6:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC−3 2:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 9:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC 4:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC−1
London United Kingdom 10:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC+1 5:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 10:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC+1 6:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+1
Paris France 10:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC+1 6:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 10:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC+1 6:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 11:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC+2 7:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 11:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC+2 7:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 11:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC+2 7:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 11:57 PM Mon, Apr 19, 1965 · UTC+2 7:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 12:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+3 8:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 12:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+3 8:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 1:27 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+3:30 9:15 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 1:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+4 9:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 2:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+5 10:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 3:27 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+5:30 11:15 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 3:27 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+5:30 11:15 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 3:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+6 11:45 PM Wed, Mar 8, 1967 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 4:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+7 12:45 AM Thu, Mar 9, 1967 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 4:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+7 12:45 AM Thu, Mar 9, 1967 · UTC+7
Singapore 5:27 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+7:30 1:15 AM Thu, Mar 9, 1967 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 5:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+8 1:45 AM Thu, Mar 9, 1967 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 5:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+8 1:45 AM Thu, Mar 9, 1967 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 5:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+8 1:45 AM Thu, Mar 9, 1967 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 6:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+9 2:45 AM Thu, Mar 9, 1967 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 6:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+9 2:45 AM Thu, Mar 9, 1967 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 7:27 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+9:30 3:15 AM Thu, Mar 9, 1967 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 7:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+10 3:45 AM Thu, Mar 9, 1967 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 7:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+10 3:45 AM Thu, Mar 9, 1967 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 9:57 AM Tue, Apr 20, 1965 · UTC+12 5:45 AM Thu, Mar 9, 1967 · 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 1966: a year between two loops

688 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1966 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 loops themselves are on the 1965 and 1967 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1966

Previous

1965 Ended April 19, 1965 after 81 days, moving back 19.33° through the zodiac.

Next

1967 Begins March 8, 1967 and runs 79 days.

Gap across 1966

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 1966

Mars through the zodiac in 1966

Every sign Mars occupies during 1966, 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 Aquarius From Jan 1 – Jan 30
Mars in Pisces Jan 30 – Mar 9
Mars in Aries Mar 9 – Apr 17
Mars in Taurus Apr 17 – May 28
Mars in Gemini May 28 – Jul 11
Mars in Cancer Jul 11 – Aug 25
Mars in Leo Aug 25 – Oct 12
Mars in Virgo Oct 12 – Dec 4
Mars in Libra Dec 4 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 1966. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1966 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1966

Jupiter in Cancer Oct 19, 1965 – Feb 15, 1966 · 118 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 21, 1965 – May 27, 1966 · 157 days
Uranus in Virgo Dec 25, 1965 – May 23, 1966 · 149 days
Venus in Aquarius Jan 5, 1966 – Feb 15, 1966 · 41 days
Neptune in Scorpio Feb 22, 1966 – Aug 1, 1966 · 160 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 12, 1966 – Apr 4, 1966 · 23 days
Saturn in Pisces Jul 11, 1966 – Nov 26, 1966 · 138 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 14, 1966 – Aug 7, 1966 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 6, 1966 – Nov 26, 1966 · 20 days
Jupiter in Leo Nov 21, 1966 – Mar 21, 1967 · 120 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 23, 1966 – May 29, 1967 · 157 days
Uranus in Virgo Dec 30, 1966 – May 28, 1967 · 150 days
← 1965 Mars retrograde in 1965. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1967 → Mars retrograde in 1967.

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AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 1966: None — Next Starts Mar 8, 1967.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/1966/

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