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Mars retrograde 1994

There was no Mars retrograde in 1994: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on February 15, 1993 in Cancer, and the next began on January 2, 1995 in Virgo.

Retrograde in 1994
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Feb 15, 1993 7:43 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
Jan 2, 1995 9:27 PM UTC
Gap between loops
687 days
Mars Retrograde 1994: None — Next Starts Jan 2, 1995

Mars’s path through 1994, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1994
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1994. Mars starts 1994 at 8°59′ Capricorn and ends it at 2°38′ Virgo — 233.7° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Oct 29 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 2, 1995. Fastest day: Mar 8, 0.79° forward. Counting the shadows, 64 days of 1994 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 29, 1994 – Jan 2, 1995CapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1994. Mars starts 1994 at 8°59′ Capricorn and ends it at 2°38′ Virgo — 233.7° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Oct 29 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 2, 1995. Fastest day: Mar 8, 0.79° forward. Counting the shadows, 64 days of 1994 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 29, 1994 – Jan 2, 1995CapricornAquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1994 at 8°59′ Capricorn and ends it at 2°38′ Virgo — 233.7° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Oct 29 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 2, 1995. Fastest day: Mar 8, 0.79° forward. Counting the shadows, 64 days of 1994 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 1994: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 9:27 PM UTC on January 2, 1995 at 2°40′ Virgo — 6:27 PM in Santiago, 4:27 PM in New York, 9:27 PM in London and 6:27 AM on January 3 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Feb 15, 1993 Turns retrograde · Jan 2, 1995
UTC Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · 8°40′ Cancer Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · 2°40′ Virgo
Honolulu United States 9:43 PM Sun, Feb 14, 1993 · UTC−10 11:27 AM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 10:43 PM Sun, Feb 14, 1993 · UTC−9 12:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 11:43 PM Sun, Feb 14, 1993 · UTC−8 1:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 12:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC−7 2:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−7
Denver United States 12:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC−7 2:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 1:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC−6 3:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 1:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC−6 3:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−6
New York United States 2:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC−5 4:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 2:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC−5 4:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 2:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC−5 4:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 2:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC−5 4:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 3:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC−4 5:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 4:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC−3 6:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 5:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC−2 6:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 4:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC−3 7:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC−2
Reykjavík Iceland 7:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC 9:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC
London United Kingdom 7:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC 9:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 8:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+1 10:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC+1
Paris France 8:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+1 10:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 8:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+1 10:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 9:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+2 11:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 9:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+2 11:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 9:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+2 11:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 9:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+2 11:27 PM Mon, Jan 2, 1995 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 10:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+3 12:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 10:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+3 12:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 11:13 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+3:30 12:57 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 11:43 AM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+4 1:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 12:43 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+5 2:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 1:13 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+5:30 2:57 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 1:28 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+5:45 3:12 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 1:43 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+6 3:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 2:43 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+7 4:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 2:43 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+7 4:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+7
Singapore 3:43 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+8 5:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+8
Beijing China 3:43 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+8 5:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 3:43 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+8 5:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 3:43 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+8 5:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 4:43 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+9 6:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 4:43 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+9 6:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 6:13 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+10:30 7:57 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia 5:43 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+10 7:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 6:43 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+11 8:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand 8:43 PM Mon, Feb 15, 1993 · UTC+13 10:27 AM Tue, Jan 3, 1995 · 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 1994: a year between two loops

687 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1994 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 run-up to the next loop starts before the year is out: the pre-retrograde shadow opens on October 29, the day Mars first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.

The loops themselves are on the 1993 and 1995 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1994

Previous

1993 Ended February 15, 1993 after 78 days, moving back 18.95° through the zodiac.

Next

1995 Begins January 2, 1995 and runs 81 days.

Gap across 1994

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.

Computed for 1994

Mars through the zodiac in 1994

Every sign Mars occupies during 1994, 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 Capricorn From Jan 1 – Jan 28
Mars in Aquarius Jan 28 – Mar 7
Mars in Pisces Mar 7 – Apr 14
Mars in Aries Apr 14 – May 23
Mars in Taurus May 23 – Jul 3
Mars in Gemini Jul 3 – Aug 16
Mars in Cancer Aug 16 – Oct 4
Mars in Leo Oct 4 – Dec 12
Mars in Virgo Dec 12 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 1994. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1994 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1994

Mercury in Pisces Feb 11, 1994 – Mar 5, 1994 · 22 days
Jupiter in Scorpio Feb 28, 1994 – Jul 2, 1994 · 124 days
Pluto in Scorpio Mar 1, 1994 – Aug 5, 1994 · 157 days
Neptune in Capricorn Apr 25, 1994 – Oct 2, 1994 · 160 days
Uranus in Capricorn Apr 30, 1994 – Oct 2, 1994 · 154 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 12, 1994 – Jul 6, 1994 · 24 days
Saturn in Pisces Jun 23, 1994 – Nov 9, 1994 · 139 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 9, 1994 – Oct 30, 1994 · 21 days
Venus in Scorpio Oct 13, 1994 – Nov 23, 1994 · 41 days
← 1993 Mars retrograde in 1993. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1995 → Mars retrograde in 1995.

Cite this page

AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 1994: None — Next Starts Jan 2, 1995.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/1994/

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