Mars retrograde 1978

1 period, 60 days inside the year — 16.5% of 1978. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

80 days · retreats 19.29° · crosses the year boundary

12 December → 2 March 1978 in Leo

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

Stations direct 2 Mar 1978, 09:22 UTC at 22.59° Cancer

Shadow opens 10 Oct 1977 (64 days before)

Shadow closes 8 May 1978 (68 days after)

Full window including shadows 211 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 1978

1977 Ended 9 February 1978 after 59 days, moving back 16.6° through the zodiac.

1980 Begins 16 January 1980 and runs 81 days.

Gap across 1978

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.

← 1977 Mars retrograde in 1977. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1979 → Mars retrograde in 1979.