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Mars retrograde 1972

There was no Mars retrograde in 1972: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on September 9, 1971 in Aquarius, and the next began on September 19, 1973 in Taurus.

Retrograde in 1972
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Sep 9, 1971 1:51 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Sep 19, 1973 11:19 PM UTC
Gap between loops
741 days
Mars Retrograde 1972: None — Next Starts Sep 19, 1973

Mars’s path through 1972, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1972
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1972. Mars starts 1972 at 2°59′ Aries and ends it at 0°31′ Sagittarius — 237.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.68° forward. AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1972. Mars starts 1972 at 2°59′ Aries and ends it at 0°31′ Sagittarius — 237.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.68° forward. AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1972 at 2°59′ Aries and ends it at 0°31′ Sagittarius — 237.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.68° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 1972: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 11:19 PM UTC on September 19, 1973 at 9°16′ Taurus — 7:19 PM in Santiago, 7:19 PM in New York, 12:19 AM on September 20 in London and 8:19 AM on September 20 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Sep 9, 1971 Turns retrograde · Sep 19, 1973
UTC Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · 11°53′ Aquarius Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · 9°16′ Taurus
Honolulu United States 3:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−10 1:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 4:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−9 2:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 6:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−7 4:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 6:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−7 4:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−7
Denver United States 7:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−6 5:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 8:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−5 6:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 7:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−6 5:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−6
New York United States 9:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−4 7:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 9:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−4 7:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 8:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−5 6:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 8:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−5 6:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 9:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−4 7:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 9:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−4 7:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 10:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−3 8:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 10:51 AM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC−3 8:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 1:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC 11:19 PM Wed, Sep 19, 1973 · UTC
London United Kingdom 2:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+1 12:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 2:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+1 12:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+1
Paris France 2:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+1 12:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 2:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+1 12:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 3:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+2 1:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 4:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+3 2:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 3:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+2 1:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 3:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+2 2:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 4:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+3 2:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 4:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+3 2:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 5:21 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+3:30 2:49 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 5:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+4 3:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 6:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+5 4:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 7:21 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+5:30 4:49 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 7:21 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+5:30 4:49 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 7:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+6 5:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 8:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+7 6:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 8:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+7 6:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+7
Singapore 9:21 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+7:30 6:49 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 9:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+8 7:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 9:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+8 7:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 9:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+8 7:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 10:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+9 8:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 10:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+9 8:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 11:21 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+9:30 8:49 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 11:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+10 9:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 11:51 PM Thu, Sep 9, 1971 · UTC+10 9:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 1:51 AM Fri, Sep 10, 1971 · UTC+12 11:19 AM Thu, Sep 20, 1973 · 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 1972: a year between two loops

741 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1972 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 1971 and 1973 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1972

Previous

1971 Ended September 9, 1971 after 60 days, moving back 10.07° through the zodiac.

Next

1973 Begins September 19, 1973 and runs 67 days.

Gap across 1972

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.

Computed for 1972

Mars through the zodiac in 1972

Every sign Mars occupies during 1972, 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 Aries From Jan 1 – Feb 10
Mars in Taurus Feb 10 – Mar 27
Mars in Gemini Mar 27 – May 12
Mars in Cancer May 12 – Jun 28
Mars in Leo Jun 28 – Aug 15
Mars in Virgo Aug 15 – Sep 30
Mars in Libra Sep 30 – Nov 15
Mars in Scorpio Nov 15 – Dec 30
Mars in Sagittarius Dec 30 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 1972. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1972 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1972

Saturn in Gemini Sep 19, 1971 – Jan 31, 1972 · 134 days
Pluto in Libra Jan 4, 1972 – Jun 9, 1972 · 157 days
Uranus in Libra Jan 23, 1972 – Jun 21, 1972 · 151 days
Neptune in Sagittarius Mar 7, 1972 – Aug 14, 1972 · 160 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 21, 1972 – Apr 14, 1972 · 23 days
Jupiter in Capricorn Apr 25, 1972 – Aug 25, 1972 · 122 days
Venus in Cancer May 27, 1972 – Jul 9, 1972 · 43 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 24, 1972 – Aug 17, 1972 · 24 days
Saturn in Gemini Oct 2, 1972 – Feb 13, 1973 · 134 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 15, 1972 – Dec 5, 1972 · 20 days
← 1971 Mars retrograde in 1971. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1973 → Mars retrograde in 1973.

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AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 1972: None — Next Starts Sep 19, 1973.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/1972/

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