Mars retrograde 2011
There was no Mars retrograde in 2011: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on March 10, 2010 in Leo, and the next began on January 24, 2012 in Virgo.
- Retrograde in 2011
- None direct all year
- Previous direct station
- Mar 10, 2010 5:09 PM UTC
- Next retrograde station
- Jan 24, 2012 12:54 AM UTC
- Gap between loops
- 684 days
Mars’s path through 2011, day by day
Mars starts 2011 at 18°22′ Capricorn and ends it at 20°06′ Virgo — 241.7° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Nov 18 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 24, 2012. Fastest day: Jan 17, 0.79° forward. Counting the shadows, 43 days of 2011 sit inside a retrograde window.
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Exact times
The Mars stations either side of 2011: exact times in your city
Mars turned retrograde at 12:54 AM UTC on January 24, 2012 at 23°05′ Virgo — 9:54 PM on January 23 in Santiago, 7:54 PM on January 23 in New York, 12:54 AM in London and 9:54 AM in Tokyo.
| City | Turns direct · Mar 10, 2010 | Turns retrograde · Jan 24, 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · 0°17′ Leo | Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · 23°05′ Virgo |
| Honolulu United States | 7:09 AM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−10 | 2:54 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 8:09 AM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−9 | 3:54 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 9:09 AM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−8 | 4:54 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 10:09 AM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−7 | 5:54 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 10:09 AM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−7 | 5:54 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 11:09 AM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−6 | 6:54 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 11:09 AM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−6 | 6:54 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 12:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−5 | 7:54 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 12:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−5 | 7:54 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 12:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−5 | 7:54 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 12:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−5 | 7:54 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 12:39 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−4:30 | 8:24 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 2:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−3 | 9:54 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 2:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−3 | 9:54 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 2:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC−3 | 10:54 PM Mon, Jan 23, 2012 · UTC−2 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 5:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC | 12:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 5:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC | 12:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 6:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+1 | 1:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 6:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+1 | 1:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 6:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+1 | 1:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 7:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+2 | 2:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 7:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+2 | 2:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 7:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+2 | 2:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 7:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+2 | 2:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 8:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+3 | 4:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+4 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 8:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+3 | 3:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 8:39 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+3:30 | 4:24 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 9:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+4 | 4:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 10:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+5 | 5:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 10:39 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+5:30 | 6:24 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 10:54 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+5:45 | 6:39 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 11:09 PM Wed, Mar 10, 2010 · UTC+6 | 6:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 12:09 AM Thu, Mar 11, 2010 · UTC+7 | 7:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 12:09 AM Thu, Mar 11, 2010 · UTC+7 | 7:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 1:09 AM Thu, Mar 11, 2010 · UTC+8 | 8:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 1:09 AM Thu, Mar 11, 2010 · UTC+8 | 8:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 1:09 AM Thu, Mar 11, 2010 · UTC+8 | 8:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 1:09 AM Thu, Mar 11, 2010 · UTC+8 | 8:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 2:09 AM Thu, Mar 11, 2010 · UTC+9 | 9:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 2:09 AM Thu, Mar 11, 2010 · UTC+9 | 9:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 3:39 AM Thu, Mar 11, 2010 · UTC+10:30 | 11:24 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 3:09 AM Thu, Mar 11, 2010 · UTC+10 | 10:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 4:09 AM Thu, Mar 11, 2010 · UTC+11 | 11:54 AM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 6:09 AM Thu, Mar 11, 2010 · UTC+13 | 1:54 PM Tue, Jan 24, 2012 · 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 2011: a year between two loops
684 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 2011 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 run-up to the next loop starts before the year is out: the pre-retrograde shadow opens on November 18, the day Mars first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.
Computed from the actual motion
The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2011
Gap across 2011
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 2011
Mars through the zodiac in 2011
Every sign Mars occupies during 2011, 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.
9 segments in 2011. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.
2011 at a glance
Every other retrograde in 2011
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 2011: None — Next Starts Jan 24, 2012.” Accessed October 30, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/2011/
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