Mars retrograde 1997

1 period, 81 days inside the year — 22.1% of 1997. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

81 days · retreats 19.19°

6 February → 27 April 1997 in Libra

Stations retrograde 6 Feb 1997, 00:31 UTC at 5.95° Libra

Stations direct 27 Apr 1997, 18:34 UTC at 16.76° Virgo

Shadow opens 1 Dec 1996 (66 days before)

Shadow closes 2 Jul 1997 (65 days after)

Full window including shadows 213 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1997

1995 Ended 24 March 1995 after 81 days, moving back 19.5° through the zodiac.

1999 Begins 18 March 1999 and runs 78 days.

Gap across 1997

4 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.

← 1996 Mars retrograde in 1996. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1998 → Mars retrograde in 1998.