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Mars retrograde 2002

There was no Mars retrograde in 2002: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on July 19, 2001 in Sagittarius, and the next began on July 29, 2003 in Pisces.

Retrograde in 2002
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Jul 19, 2001 10:45 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Jul 29, 2003 7:36 AM UTC
Gap between loops
739 days
Mars Retrograde 2002: None — Next Starts Jul 29, 2003

Mars’s path through 2002, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2002
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2002. Mars starts 2002 at 16°52′ Pisces and ends it at 19°34′ Scorpio — 242.7° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 3, 0.74° forward. PiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2002. Mars starts 2002 at 16°52′ Pisces and ends it at 19°34′ Scorpio — 242.7° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 3, 0.74° forward. PiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 2002 at 16°52′ Pisces and ends it at 19°34′ Scorpio — 242.7° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 3, 0.74° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 2002: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 7:36 AM UTC on July 29, 2003 at 10°07′ Pisces — 3:36 AM in Santiago, 3:36 AM in New York, 8:36 AM in London and 4:36 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Jul 19, 2001 Turns retrograde · Jul 29, 2003
UTC Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · 15°06′ Sagittarius Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · 10°07′ Pisces
Honolulu United States 12:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−10 9:36 PM Mon, Jul 28, 2003 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 2:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−8 11:36 PM Mon, Jul 28, 2003 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 3:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−7 12:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 3:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−7 12:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC−7
Denver United States 4:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−6 1:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 5:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−5 2:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 5:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−5 2:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC−5
New York United States 6:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−4 3:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 6:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−4 3:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 5:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−5 2:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 5:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−5 2:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 6:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−4 3:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 6:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−4 3:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 7:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−3 4:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 7:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC−3 4:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 10:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC 7:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC
London United Kingdom 11:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC+1 8:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 11:45 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2001 · UTC+1 8:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+1
Paris France 12:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+2 9:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 12:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+2 9:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 12:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+2 9:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 1:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+3 10:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 1:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+3 10:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 1:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+3 10:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 2:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+4 11:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 1:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+3 10:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 3:15 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+4:30 12:06 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+4:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 2:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+4 11:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 3:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+5 12:36 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 4:15 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+5:30 1:06 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 4:30 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+5:45 1:21 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 4:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+6 1:36 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 5:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+7 2:36 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 5:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+7 2:36 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+7
Singapore 6:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+8 3:36 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+8
Beijing China 6:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+8 3:36 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 6:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+8 3:36 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 6:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+8 3:36 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 7:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+9 4:36 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 7:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+9 4:36 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 8:15 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+9:30 5:06 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 8:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+10 5:36 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 8:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+10 5:36 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 10:45 AM Fri, Jul 20, 2001 · UTC+12 7:36 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2003 · 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 2002: a year between two loops

739 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 2002 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 2001 and 2003 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2002

Previous

2001 Ended July 19, 2001 after 69 days, moving back 13.94° through the zodiac.

Next

2003 Begins July 29, 2003 and runs 60 days.

Gap across 2002

2 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 2002

Mars through the zodiac in 2002

Every sign Mars occupies during 2002, 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 Pisces From Jan 1 – Jan 18
Mars in Aries Jan 18 – Mar 1
Mars in Taurus Mar 1 – Apr 13
Mars in Gemini Apr 13 – May 28
Mars in Cancer May 28 – Jul 13
Mars in Leo Jul 13 – Aug 29
Mars in Virgo Aug 29 – Oct 15
Mars in Libra Oct 15 – Dec 1
Mars in Scorpio Dec 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 2002. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

2002 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2002

Saturn in Gemini Sep 27, 2001 – Feb 8, 2002 · 134 days
Jupiter in Cancer Nov 2, 2001 – Mar 1, 2002 · 119 days
Mercury in Aquarius Jan 18, 2002 – Feb 8, 2002 · 21 days
Pluto in Sagittarius Mar 20, 2002 – Aug 26, 2002 · 159 days
Neptune in Aquarius May 13, 2002 – Oct 20, 2002 · 160 days
Mercury in Gemini May 15, 2002 – Jun 8, 2002 · 24 days
Uranus in Aquarius Jun 3, 2002 – Nov 4, 2002 · 154 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 14, 2002 – Oct 6, 2002 · 22 days
Venus in Scorpio Oct 10, 2002 – Nov 21, 2002 · 42 days
Saturn in Gemini Oct 11, 2002 – Feb 22, 2003 · 134 days
Jupiter in Leo Dec 4, 2002 – Apr 4, 2003 · 121 days
← 2001 Mars retrograde in 2001. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2003 → Mars retrograde in 2003.

Cite this page

AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 2002: None — Next Starts Jul 29, 2003.” Accessed October 30, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/2002/

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