Mars retrograde 1980: 1 period, 81 days inside the year — 22.2% of 1980. Mars turned retrograde at 6:18 AM UTC on January 16 at 15°21′ Virgo and turned direct at 8:27 AM UTC on April 6 at 25°52′ Leo.
Turns retrograde
Jan 16 6:18 AM UTC
Turns direct
Apr 6 8:27 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1980
81 days 22.2% of the year
Sign
Virgo retreats 19.48°
Mars’s path through 1980, day by day
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1980
RetrogradeShadowR — stations retrograde · D — stations direct
Mars starts 1980 at 13°41′ Virgo and ends it at 0°34′ Aquarius — 136.9° of net progress: 156.3° forward, 19.5° given back. The loop retraces 19.48° in 81 days, from 15°20′ Virgo on Jan 16 back to 25°52′ Leo on Apr 6. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.78° forward; fastest backward: Feb 25, 0.4°. Counting the shadows, 164 days of 1980 sit inside a retrograde window.
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Exact times
Mars retrograde 1980: exact times in your city
Mars turned retrograde at 6:18 AM UTC on January 16, 1980 at 15°21′ Virgo — 3:18 AM in Santiago, 1:18 AM in New York, 6:18 AM in London and 3:18 PM in Tokyo.
City
Turns retrograde
Turns direct
UTC
Wed, Jan 16 · 15°21′ Virgo
Sun, Apr 6 · 25°52′ Leo
Honolulu United States
8:18 PM Tue, Jan 15 · UTC−10
10:27 PM Sat, Apr 5 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States
8:18 PM Tue, Jan 15 · UTC−10
10:27 PM Sat, Apr 5 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States
10:18 PM Tue, Jan 15 · UTC−8
12:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States
11:18 PM Tue, Jan 15 · UTC−7
1:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC−7
Denver United States
11:18 PM Tue, Jan 15 · UTC−7
1:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC−7
Chicago United States
12:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC−6
2:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico
12:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC−6
2:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC−6
New York United States
1:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC−5
3:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada
1:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC−5
3:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia
1:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC−5
3:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC−5
Lima Peru
1:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC−5
3:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela
2:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC−4
4:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile
3:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC−3
4:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina
3:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC−3
5:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil
3:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC−3
5:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland
6:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC
8:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC
London United Kingdom
6:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC
9:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria
7:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+1
9:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+1
Paris France
7:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+1
10:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany
7:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+1
10:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa
8:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+2
10:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt
8:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+2
10:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+2
Athens Greece
8:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+2
11:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey
9:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+3
11:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia
9:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+3
11:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya
9:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+3
11:27 AM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran
9:48 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+3:30
12:57 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+4:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates
10:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+4
12:27 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan
11:18 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+5
1:27 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+5
New Delhi India
11:48 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+5:30
1:57 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal
11:48 AM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+5:30
1:57 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh
12:18 PM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+6
2:27 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand
1:18 PM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+7
3:27 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia
1:18 PM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+7
3:27 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+7
Singapore
1:48 PM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+7:30
3:57 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China
2:18 PM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+8
4:27 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines
2:18 PM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+8
4:27 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+8
Perth Australia
2:18 PM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+8
4:27 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea
3:18 PM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+9
5:27 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan
3:18 PM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+9
5:27 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia
4:48 PM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+10:30
5:57 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia
4:18 PM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+10
6:27 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia
5:18 PM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+11
6:27 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand
7:18 PM Wed, Jan 16 · UTC+13
8:27 PM Sun, Apr 6 · UTC+12
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.
81 days · retreats 19.48°
January 16 → April 6, 1980 in Virgo
Stations retrograde
Jan 16, 1980, 6:18 AM UTC at
15°21′ Virgo
Stations direct
Apr 6, 1980, 8:27 AM UTC at
25°52′ Leo
Shadow opens
Nov 11, 1979, 1:56 AM UTC
(66 days before)
Shadow closes
Jun 12, 1980, 1:27 PM UTC
(67 days after)
Full window including shadows214 days
The January loop up close, shadow to shadow
Mars crosses the 19.48° between 25°52′ Leo and 15°21′ Virgo three times: forward in the pre-shadow (66 days), back while retrograde (81 days), forward again in the post-shadow (67 days).
Mars retrograde in Virgo
Mars retrograde in Virgo hits work, health and daily routines. Efficiency drops, fitness plans falter and irritation over small details rises. It suits recovery, reorganizing workloads and correcting habits rather than pushing harder.
…and back into 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.
It begins in Capricorn season and ends in
Aries season.
Also retrograde at the same time
Jupiter
in Virgo —
Jan 16 to Apr 6, 1980 (81 days of overlap)
Saturn
in Virgo —
Jan 16 to Apr 6, 1980 (81 days of overlap)
Pluto
in Libra —
Jan 24 to Apr 6, 1980 (73 days of overlap)
Mercury
in Pisces —
Feb 26 to Mar 19, 1980 (23 days of overlap)
Uranus
in Scorpio —
Feb 29 to Apr 6, 1980 (37 days of overlap)
Neptune
in Sagittarius —
Mar 24 to Apr 6, 1980 (13 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 1980
Mars through the zodiac in 1980
Every sign Mars occupies during 1980, 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 1980 Dates: Jan 16 – Apr 6.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/1980/
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