Mars retrograde 1986

1 period, 64 days inside the year — 17.6% of 1986. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

64 days · retreats 11.69°

9 June → 12 August 1986 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 9 Jun 1986, 00:42 UTC at 23.3° Capricorn

Stations direct 12 Aug 1986, 08:35 UTC at 11.61° Capricorn

Shadow opens 21 Apr 1986 (48 days before)

Shadow closes 25 Sep 1986 (44 days after)

Full window including shadows 157 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1986

1984 Ended 19 June 1984 after 75 days, moving back 16.66° through the zodiac.

1988 Begins 26 August 1988 and runs 63 days.

Gap across 1986

4.2 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.

← 1985 Mars retrograde in 1985. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1987 → Mars retrograde in 1987.