Mars retrograde 1977: 1 period, 19 days inside the year — 5.3% of 1977. Mars turned retrograde at 7:12 PM UTC on December 12 at 11°33′ Leo and turned direct at 9:56 AM UTC on March 2, 1978 at 22°16′ Cancer.
Turns retrograde
Dec 12 7:12 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1977
19 days 5.3% of the year
Sign
Leo retreats 19.29°
Mars’s path through 1977, day by day
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, Jan 1, 1977 – Mar 8, 1978
RetrogradeShadowR — stations retrograde · D — stations direct
Mars starts 1977 at 29°39′ Sagittarius and ends it at 8°44′ Leo — 219.1° of net progress: 221.6° forward, 2.5° given back. The loop retraces 19.28° in 80 days, from 11°33′ Leo on Dec 12 back to 22°16′ Cancer on Mar 2 1978. Fastest day: Mar 18, 0.78° forward; fastest backward: Dec 31, 0.25°. Counting the shadows, 83 days of 1977 sit inside a retrograde window.
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Exact times
Mars retrograde 1977: exact times in your city
Mars turned retrograde at 7:12 PM UTC on December 12, 1977 at 11°33′ Leo — 4:12 PM in Santiago, 2:12 PM in New York, 7:12 PM in London and 4:12 AM on December 13 in Tokyo.
City
Turns retrograde · Dec 12, 1977
Turns direct · Mar 2, 1978
UTC
Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · 11°33′ Leo
Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · 22°16′ Cancer
Honolulu United States
9:12 AM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−10
11:56 PM Wed, Mar 1, 1978 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States
9:12 AM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−10
11:56 PM Wed, Mar 1, 1978 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States
11:12 AM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−8
1:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States
12:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−7
2:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC−7
Denver United States
12:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−7
2:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC−7
Chicago United States
1:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−6
3:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico
1:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−6
3:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC−6
New York United States
2:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−5
4:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada
2:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−5
4:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia
2:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−5
4:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC−5
Lima Peru
2:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−5
4:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela
3:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−4
5:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile
4:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−3
6:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina
4:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−3
6:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil
4:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC−3
6:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland
7:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC
9:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC
London United Kingdom
7:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC
9:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria
8:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC+1
10:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+1
Paris France
8:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC+1
10:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany
8:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC+1
10:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa
9:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC+2
11:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt
9:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC+2
11:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+2
Athens Greece
9:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC+2
11:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey
9:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC+2
11:56 AM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia
10:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC+3
12:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya
10:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC+3
12:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran
11:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC+4
1:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+4
Dubai United Arab Emirates
11:12 PM Mon, Dec 12, 1977 · UTC+4
1:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan
12:12 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+5
2:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+5
New Delhi India
12:42 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+5:30
3:26 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal
12:42 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+5:30
3:26 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh
1:12 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+6
3:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand
2:12 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+7
4:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia
2:12 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+7
4:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+7
Singapore
2:42 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+7:30
5:26 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China
3:12 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+8
5:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines
3:12 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+8
5:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+8
Perth Australia
3:12 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+8
5:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea
4:12 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+9
6:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan
4:12 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+9
6:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia
5:42 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+10:30
8:26 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia
5:12 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+10
7:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia
6:12 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+11
8:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand
8:12 AM Tue, Dec 13, 1977 · UTC+13
10:56 PM Thu, Mar 2, 1978 · UTC+13
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.
80 days · retreats 19.29°
· crosses the year boundary
December 12, 1977 → March 2, 1978 in Leo
Stations retrograde
Dec 12, 1977, 7:12 PM UTC at
11°33′ Leo
Stations direct
Mar 2, 1978, 9:56 AM UTC at
22°16′ Cancer
Shadow opens
Oct 10, 1977, 6:33 AM UTC
(64 days before)
Shadow closes
May 8, 1978, 10:12 PM UTC
(68 days after)
Full window including shadows211 days
The December loop up close, shadow to shadow
Mars crosses the 19.29° between 22°16′ Cancer and 11°33′ Leo three times: forward in the pre-shadow (64 days), back while retrograde (80 days), forward again in the post-shadow (68 days).
Mars retrograde in Leo
Mars retrograde in Leo tests pride, ambition and creative drive. Plans for recognition stall, conflicts with authority figures flare, and people reconsider what they are fighting for. It suits reworking creative ambitions rather than forcing them.
…and back into Cancer
Mars retrograde in Cancer turns frustration inward and toward home. Family tensions surface, household projects stall and anger comes out indirectly. It suits addressing emotional grievances openly and repairing the home rather than starting new battles.
It begins in Sagittarius season and ends in
Pisces season.
Also retrograde at the same time
Mercury
in Capricorn —
Dec 12 to Dec 31, 1977 (19 days of overlap)
Jupiter
in Cancer —
Dec 12 to Feb 20, 1978 (69 days of overlap)
Saturn
in Virgo —
Dec 12 to Mar 2, 1978 (80 days of overlap)
Pluto
in Libra —
Jan 19 to Mar 2, 1978 (42 days of overlap)
Uranus
in Scorpio —
Feb 19 to Mar 2, 1978 (11 days of overlap)
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 1977
Mars through the zodiac in 1977
Every sign Mars occupies during 1977, 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.
AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 1977 Dates: From Dec 12.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/1977/
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