Mars retrograde 1991

1 period, 1 days inside the year — 0.2% of 1991. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

41 days · retreats 9.8° · crosses the year boundary

22 November → 1 January 1991 in Gemini

Stations retrograde 22 Nov 1990, 00:00 UTC at 7.67° Gemini

Stations direct 1 Jan 1991, 13:21 UTC at 27.87° Taurus

Shadow opens 27 Aug 1990 (87 days before)

Shadow closes 14 Feb 1991 (44 days after)

Full window including shadows 171 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1991

1990 Ended 1 January 1991 after 73 days, moving back 16.81° through the zodiac.

1992 Begins 28 November 1992 and runs 73 days.

Gap across 1991

1.9 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.

← 1990 Mars retrograde in 1990. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1992 → Mars retrograde in 1992.