Mars retrograde 1969

1 period, 72 days inside the year — 19.6% of 1969. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

72 days · retreats 15.06°

27 April → 8 July 1969 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 27 Apr 1969, 11:33 UTC at 17.19° Sagittarius

Stations direct 8 Jul 1969, 04:49 UTC at 2.13° Sagittarius

Shadow opens 1 Mar 1969 (57 days before)

Shadow closes 28 Aug 1969 (52 days after)

Full window including shadows 181 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1969

1967 Ended 26 May 1967 after 79 days, moving back 18.21° through the zodiac.

1971 Begins 11 July 1971 and runs 60 days.

Gap across 1969

4.1 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.

← 1968 Mars retrograde in 1968. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1970 → Mars retrograde in 1970.