Mars retrograde 1975

1 period, 55 days inside the year — 15.2% of 1975. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

75 days · retreats 17.94° · crosses the year boundary

6 November → 20 January 1976 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 6 Nov 1975, 13:07 UTC at 3.01° Cancer

Stations direct 20 Jan 1976, 21:27 UTC at 15.07° Gemini

Shadow opens 9 Sep 1975 (58 days before)

Shadow closes 24 Mar 1976 (64 days after)

Full window including shadows 197 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1975

1973 Ended 25 November 1973 after 67 days, moving back 13.96° through the zodiac.

1976 Begins 22 November 1975 and runs 60 days.

Gap across 1975

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.

← 1974 Mars retrograde in 1974. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1976 → Mars retrograde in 1976.