Mars retrograde 1984

1 period, 75 days inside the year — 20.5% of 1984. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

75 days · retreats 16.66°

5 April → 19 June 1984 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 5 Apr 1984, 12:59 UTC at 28.56° Scorpio

Stations direct 19 Jun 1984, 17:25 UTC at 11.9° Scorpio

Shadow opens 4 Feb 1984 (61 days before)

Shadow closes 14 Aug 1984 (56 days after)

Full window including shadows 192 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1984

1982 Ended 11 May 1982 after 80 days, moving back 18.8° through the zodiac.

1986 Begins 9 June 1986 and runs 64 days.

Gap across 1984

4.1 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.

← 1983 Mars retrograde in 1983. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1985 → Mars retrograde in 1985.