Mars retrograde 1977

1 period, 19 days inside the year — 5.2% of 1977. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

59 days · retreats 16.6° · crosses the year boundary

12 December → 9 February 1978 in Leo

Stations retrograde 12 Dec 1977, 20:06 UTC at 11.88° Leo

Stations direct 9 Feb 1978, 23:59 UTC at 25.28° Cancer

Shadow opens 15 Oct 1977 (58 days before)

Shadow closes 8 May 1978 (88 days after)

Full window including shadows 205 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1977

1976 Ended 20 January 1976 after 60 days, moving back 16.2° through the zodiac.

1978 Begins 12 December 1977 and runs 80 days.

Gap across 1977

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.

← 1976 Mars retrograde in 1976. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1978 → Mars retrograde in 1978.