Mars retrograde 1980

1 period, 81 days inside the year — 22.1% of 1980. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

81 days · retreats 19.48°

16 January → 6 April 1980 in Virgo

Stations retrograde 16 Jan 1980, 06:22 UTC at 15.63° Virgo

Stations direct 6 Apr 1980, 07:56 UTC at 26.15° Leo

Shadow opens 11 Nov 1979 (66 days before)

Shadow closes 12 Jun 1980 (67 days after)

Full window including shadows 214 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1980

1978 Ended 2 March 1978 after 80 days, moving back 19.29° through the zodiac.

1982 Begins 20 February 1982 and runs 80 days.

Gap across 1980

4 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.

← 1979 Mars retrograde in 1979. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1981 → Mars retrograde in 1981.