Mars retrograde 1999

1 period, 78 days inside the year — 21.3% of 1999. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

78 days · retreats 17.76°

18 March → 4 June 1999 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 18 Mar 1999, 13:49 UTC at 12.19° Scorpio

Stations direct 4 Jun 1999, 05:20 UTC at 24.43° Libra

Shadow opens 13 Jan 1999 (64 days before)

Shadow closes 2 Aug 1999 (59 days after)

Full window including shadows 201 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1999

1997 Ended 27 April 1997 after 81 days, moving back 19.19° through the zodiac.

2001 Begins 11 May 2001 and runs 69 days.

Gap across 1999

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.

← 1998 Mars retrograde in 1998. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2000 → Mars retrograde in 2000.