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Mars retrograde 2000

There was no Mars retrograde in 2000: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on June 4, 1999 in Libra, and the next began on May 11, 2001 in Sagittarius.

Retrograde in 2000
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Jun 4, 1999 6:10 AM UTC
Next retrograde station
May 11, 2001 4:08 PM UTC
Gap between loops
707 days
Mars Retrograde 2000: None — Next Starts May 11, 2001

Mars’s path through 2000, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2000
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2000. Mars starts 2000 at 27°34′ Aquarius and ends it at 4°56′ Scorpio — 247.4° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 4, 0.78° forward. AquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2000. Mars starts 2000 at 27°34′ Aquarius and ends it at 4°56′ Scorpio — 247.4° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 4, 0.78° forward. AquariusPiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 2000 at 27°34′ Aquarius and ends it at 4°56′ Scorpio — 247.4° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 4, 0.78° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 2000: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 4:08 PM UTC on May 11, 2001 at 29°02′ Sagittarius — 12:08 PM in Santiago, 12:08 PM in New York, 5:08 PM in London and 1:08 AM on May 12 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Jun 4, 1999 Turns retrograde · May 11, 2001
UTC Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · 24°27′ Libra Fri, May 11, 2001 · 29°02′ Sagittarius
Honolulu United States 8:10 PM Thu, Jun 3, 1999 · UTC−10 6:08 AM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 10:10 PM Thu, Jun 3, 1999 · UTC−8 8:08 AM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 11:10 PM Thu, Jun 3, 1999 · UTC−7 9:08 AM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 11:10 PM Thu, Jun 3, 1999 · UTC−7 9:08 AM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−7
Denver United States 12:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC−6 10:08 AM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 1:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC−5 11:08 AM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 1:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC−5 11:08 AM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−5
New York United States 2:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC−4 12:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 2:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC−4 12:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 1:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC−5 11:08 AM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 1:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC−5 11:08 AM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 2:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC−4 12:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 2:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC−4 12:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 3:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC−3 1:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 3:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC−3 1:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 6:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC 4:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC
London United Kingdom 7:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+1 5:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 7:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+1 5:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+1
Paris France 8:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+2 6:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 8:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+2 6:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 8:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+2 6:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 9:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+3 7:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 9:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+3 7:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 9:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+3 7:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 10:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+4 8:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 9:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+3 7:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 10:40 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+4:30 8:38 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+4:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 10:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+4 8:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 11:10 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+5 9:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 11:40 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+5:30 9:38 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 11:55 AM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+5:45 9:53 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 12:10 PM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+6 10:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 1:10 PM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+7 11:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 1:10 PM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+7 11:08 PM Fri, May 11, 2001 · UTC+7
Singapore 2:10 PM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+8 12:08 AM Sat, May 12, 2001 · UTC+8
Beijing China 2:10 PM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+8 12:08 AM Sat, May 12, 2001 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 2:10 PM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+8 12:08 AM Sat, May 12, 2001 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 2:10 PM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+8 12:08 AM Sat, May 12, 2001 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 3:10 PM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+9 1:08 AM Sat, May 12, 2001 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 3:10 PM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+9 1:08 AM Sat, May 12, 2001 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 3:40 PM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+9:30 1:38 AM Sat, May 12, 2001 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 4:10 PM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+10 2:08 AM Sat, May 12, 2001 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 4:10 PM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+10 2:08 AM Sat, May 12, 2001 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 6:10 PM Fri, Jun 4, 1999 · UTC+12 4:08 AM Sat, May 12, 2001 · UTC+12

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 2000: a year between two loops

707 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 2000 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 1999 and 2001 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2000

Previous

1999 Ended June 4, 1999 after 78 days, moving back 17.76° through the zodiac.

Next

2001 Begins May 11, 2001 and runs 69 days.

Gap across 2000

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 2000

Mars through the zodiac in 2000

Every sign Mars occupies during 2000, 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 4
Mars in Pisces Jan 4 – Feb 12
Mars in Aries Feb 12 – Mar 23
Mars in Taurus Mar 23 – May 3
Mars in Gemini May 3 – Jun 16
Mars in Cancer Jun 16 – Aug 1
Mars in Leo Aug 1 – Sep 17
Mars in Virgo Sep 17 – Nov 4
Mars in Libra Nov 4 – Dec 23
Mars in Scorpio Dec 23 – Dec 31 and beyond

10 segments in 2000. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

2000 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2000

Saturn in Taurus Aug 30, 1999 – Jan 12, 2000 · 135 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 21, 2000 – Mar 14, 2000 · 22 days
Pluto in Sagittarius Mar 15, 2000 – Aug 20, 2000 · 158 days
Neptune in Aquarius May 8, 2000 – Oct 15, 2000 · 160 days
Uranus in Aquarius May 25, 2000 – Oct 26, 2000 · 154 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 23, 2000 – Jul 17, 2000 · 24 days
Saturn in Gemini Sep 12, 2000 – Jan 25, 2001 · 135 days
Jupiter in Gemini Sep 29, 2000 – Jan 25, 2001 · 118 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 18, 2000 – Nov 8, 2000 · 21 days
← 1999 Mars retrograde in 1999. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2001 → Mars retrograde in 2001.

Cite this page

AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 2000: None — Next Starts May 11, 2001.” Accessed October 30, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/2000/

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