Mars retrograde 1982

1 period, 80 days inside the year — 21.9% of 1982. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

80 days · retreats 18.8°

20 February → 11 May 1982 in Libra

Stations retrograde 20 Feb 1982, 18:49 UTC at 19.42° Libra

Stations direct 11 May 1982, 18:15 UTC at 0.62° Libra

Shadow opens 16 Dec 1981 (66 days before)

Shadow closes 14 Jul 1982 (64 days after)

Full window including shadows 209 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1982

1980 Ended 6 April 1980 after 81 days, moving back 19.48° through the zodiac.

1984 Begins 5 April 1984 and runs 75 days.

Gap across 1982

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.

← 1981 Mars retrograde in 1981. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1983 → Mars retrograde in 1983.