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Mars retrograde 1989

There was no Mars retrograde in 1989: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on October 28, 1988 in Pisces, and the next began on October 20, 1990 in Gemini.

Retrograde in 1989
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Oct 28, 1988 5:07 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
Oct 20, 1990 7:30 PM UTC
Gap between loops
723 days
Mars Retrograde 1989: None — Next Starts Oct 20, 1990

Mars’s path through 1989, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1989
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1989. Mars starts 1989 at 20°02′ Aries and ends it at 9°30′ Sagittarius — 229.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.7° forward. AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1989. Mars starts 1989 at 20°02′ Aries and ends it at 9°30′ Sagittarius — 229.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.7° forward. AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1989 at 20°02′ Aries and ends it at 9°30′ Sagittarius — 229.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Dec 31, 0.7° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 1989: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 7:30 PM UTC on October 20, 1990 at 14°33′ Gemini — 4:30 PM in Santiago, 3:30 PM in New York, 8:30 PM in London and 4:30 AM on October 21 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Oct 28, 1988 Turns retrograde · Oct 20, 1990
UTC Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · 29°52′ Pisces Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · 14°33′ Gemini
Honolulu United States 7:07 PM Thu, Oct 27, 1988 · UTC−10 9:30 AM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 9:07 PM Thu, Oct 27, 1988 · UTC−8 11:30 AM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 10:07 PM Thu, Oct 27, 1988 · UTC−7 12:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 10:07 PM Thu, Oct 27, 1988 · UTC−7 12:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−7
Denver United States 11:07 PM Thu, Oct 27, 1988 · UTC−6 1:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 12:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC−5 2:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 11:07 PM Thu, Oct 27, 1988 · UTC−6 1:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−6
New York United States 1:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC−4 3:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 1:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC−4 3:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 12:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC−5 2:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 12:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC−5 2:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 1:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC−4 3:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 2:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC−3 4:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 2:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC−3 4:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 3:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC−2 4:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 5:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC 7:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC
London United Kingdom 5:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC 8:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 6:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+1 8:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC+1
Paris France 6:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+1 8:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 6:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+1 8:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 7:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+2 9:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 7:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+2 9:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 7:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+2 9:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 7:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+2 9:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 8:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+3 10:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 8:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+3 10:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 8:37 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+3:30 11:00 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 9:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+4 11:30 PM Sat, Oct 20, 1990 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 10:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+5 12:30 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 10:37 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+5:30 1:00 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 10:52 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+5:45 1:15 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 11:07 AM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+6 1:30 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 12:07 PM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+7 2:30 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 12:07 PM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+7 2:30 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+7
Singapore 1:07 PM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+8 3:30 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+8
Beijing China 1:07 PM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+8 3:30 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 1:07 PM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+8 3:30 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 1:07 PM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+8 3:30 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 2:07 PM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+9 4:30 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 2:07 PM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+9 4:30 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 2:37 PM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+9:30 5:00 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 3:07 PM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+10 5:30 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 3:07 PM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+10 5:30 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 5:07 PM Fri, Oct 28, 1988 · UTC+12 8:30 AM Sun, Oct 21, 1990 · UTC+13

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.

Mars in 1989: a year between two loops

723 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1989 falls entirely inside that stretch. Mars turns back once every 779.94 days — longer than a calendar year — and each loop is over in weeks, so now and then a whole year passes between two of them.

The loops themselves are on the 1988 and 1990 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1989

Previous

1988 Ended October 28, 1988 after 63 days, moving back 11.59° through the zodiac.

Next

1990 Begins October 20, 1990 and runs 73 days.

Gap across 1989

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.

Computed for 1989

Mars through the zodiac in 1989

Every sign Mars occupies during 1989, 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.

Mars in Aries From Jan 1 – Jan 19
Mars in Taurus Jan 19 – Mar 11
Mars in Gemini Mar 11 – Apr 29
Mars in Cancer Apr 29 – Jun 16
Mars in Leo Jun 16 – Aug 3
Mars in Virgo Aug 3 – Sep 19
Mars in Libra Sep 19 – Nov 4
Mars in Scorpio Nov 4 – Dec 18
Mars in Sagittarius Dec 18 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 1989. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1989 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1989

Jupiter in Gemini Sep 24, 1988 – Jan 20, 1989 · 118 days
Mercury in Aquarius Jan 16, 1989 – Feb 5, 1989 · 21 days
Pluto in Scorpio Feb 16, 1989 – Jul 23, 1989 · 157 days
Uranus in Capricorn Apr 9, 1989 – Sep 10, 1989 · 154 days
Neptune in Capricorn Apr 13, 1989 – Sep 21, 1989 · 160 days
Saturn in Capricorn Apr 22, 1989 – Sep 11, 1989 · 141 days
Mercury in Gemini May 12, 1989 – Jun 5, 1989 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 11, 1989 – Oct 3, 1989 · 22 days
Jupiter in Cancer Oct 29, 1989 – Feb 24, 1990 · 119 days
Venus in Aquarius Dec 29, 1989 – Feb 8, 1990 · 41 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 30, 1989 – Jan 20, 1990 · 20 days
← 1988 Mars retrograde in 1988. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1990 → Mars retrograde in 1990.

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