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Mars retrograde 1998

There was no Mars retrograde in 1998: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on April 27, 1997 in Virgo, and the next began on March 18, 1999 in Scorpio.

Retrograde in 1998
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Apr 27, 1997 7:09 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Mar 18, 1999 1:41 PM UTC
Gap between loops
690 days
Mars Retrograde 1998: None — Next Starts Mar 18, 1999

Mars’s path through 1998, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1998
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1998. Mars starts 1998 at 10°46′ Aquarius and ends it at 18°22′ Libra — 247.6° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 3, 0.79° forward. AquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 1998. Mars starts 1998 at 10°46′ Aquarius and ends it at 18°22′ Libra — 247.6° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 3, 0.79° forward. AquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 1998 at 10°46′ Aquarius and ends it at 18°22′ Libra — 247.6° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 3, 0.79° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 1998: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 1:41 PM UTC on March 18, 1999 at 12°12′ Scorpio — 10:41 AM in Santiago, 8:41 AM in New York, 1:41 PM in London and 10:41 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Apr 27, 1997 Turns retrograde · Mar 18, 1999
UTC Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · 16°44′ Virgo Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · 12°12′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 9:09 AM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−10 3:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 11:09 AM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−8 4:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 12:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−7 5:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 12:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−7 6:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−7
Denver United States 1:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−6 6:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 2:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−5 7:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico 2:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−5 7:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−6
New York United States 3:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−4 8:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada 3:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−4 8:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia 2:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−5 8:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 2:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−5 8:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 3:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−4 9:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 3:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−4 10:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 4:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−3 10:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 4:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC−3 10:41 AM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 7:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC 1:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC
London United Kingdom 8:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC+1 1:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria 8:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC+1 2:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+1
Paris France 9:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC+2 2:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 9:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC+2 2:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 9:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC+2 3:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 10:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC+3 3:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 10:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC+3 3:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 10:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC+3 3:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 11:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC+4 4:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 10:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC+3 4:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 11:39 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC+4:30 5:11 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 11:09 PM Sun, Apr 27, 1997 · UTC+4 5:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 12:09 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+5 6:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 12:39 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+5:30 7:11 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 12:54 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+5:45 7:26 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 1:09 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+6 7:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 2:09 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+7 8:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 2:09 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+7 8:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+7
Singapore 3:09 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+8 9:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+8
Beijing China 3:09 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+8 9:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 3:09 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+8 9:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 3:09 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+8 9:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 4:09 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+9 10:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 4:09 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+9 10:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 4:39 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+9:30 12:11 AM Fri, Mar 19, 1999 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia 5:09 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+10 11:41 PM Thu, Mar 18, 1999 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 5:09 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+10 12:41 AM Fri, Mar 19, 1999 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand 7:09 AM Mon, Apr 28, 1997 · UTC+12 2:41 AM Fri, Mar 19, 1999 · 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 1998: a year between two loops

690 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 1998 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 1997 and 1999 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1998

Previous

1997 Ended April 27, 1997 after 81 days, moving back 19.18° through the zodiac.

Next

1999 Begins March 18, 1999 and runs 78 days.

Gap across 1998

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 1998

Mars through the zodiac in 1998

Every sign Mars occupies during 1998, 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 Aquarius From Jan 1 – Jan 25
Mars in Pisces Jan 25 – Mar 4
Mars in Aries Mar 4 – Apr 13
Mars in Taurus Apr 13 – May 24
Mars in Gemini May 24 – Jul 6
Mars in Cancer Jul 6 – Aug 20
Mars in Leo Aug 20 – Oct 7
Mars in Virgo Oct 7 – Nov 27
Mars in Libra Nov 27 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 1998. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1998 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1998

Venus in Aquarius Dec 26, 1997 – Feb 5, 1998 · 41 days
Pluto in Sagittarius Mar 11, 1998 – Aug 16, 1998 · 158 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 27, 1998 – Apr 20, 1998 · 23 days
Neptune in Aquarius May 4, 1998 – Oct 11, 1998 · 160 days
Uranus in Aquarius May 17, 1998 – Oct 18, 1998 · 154 days
Jupiter in Pisces Jul 18, 1998 – Nov 13, 1998 · 118 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 31, 1998 – Aug 23, 1998 · 24 days
Saturn in Taurus Aug 15, 1998 – Dec 29, 1998 · 136 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 21, 1998 – Dec 11, 1998 · 20 days
← 1997 Mars retrograde in 1997. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1999 → Mars retrograde in 1999.

Cite this page

AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 1998: None — Next Starts Mar 18, 1999.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/1998/

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