Mars retrograde 2013
There was no Mars retrograde in 2013: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on April 14, 2012 in Virgo, and the next began on March 1, 2014 in Libra.
- Retrograde in 2013
- None direct all year
- Previous direct station
- Apr 14, 2012 3:53 AM UTC
- Next retrograde station
- Mar 1, 2014 4:24 PM UTC
- Gap between loops
- 687 days
Mars’s path through 2013, day by day
Mars starts 2013 at 4°40′ Aquarius and ends it at 11°38′ Libra — 247° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Dec 26 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Mar 1, 2014. Fastest day: Jan 26, 0.8° forward. Counting the shadows, 6 days of 2013 sit inside a retrograde window.
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Exact times
The Mars stations either side of 2013: exact times in your city
Mars turned retrograde at 4:24 PM UTC on March 1, 2014 at 27°31′ Libra — 1:24 PM in Santiago, 11:24 AM in New York, 4:24 PM in London and 1:24 AM on March 2 in Tokyo.
| City | Turns direct · Apr 14, 2012 | Turns retrograde · Mar 1, 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · 3°40′ Virgo | Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · 27°31′ Libra |
| Honolulu United States | 5:53 PM Fri, Apr 13, 2012 · UTC−10 | 6:24 AM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 7:53 PM Fri, Apr 13, 2012 · UTC−8 | 7:24 AM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 8:53 PM Fri, Apr 13, 2012 · UTC−7 | 8:24 AM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 8:53 PM Fri, Apr 13, 2012 · UTC−7 | 9:24 AM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 9:53 PM Fri, Apr 13, 2012 · UTC−6 | 9:24 AM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 10:53 PM Fri, Apr 13, 2012 · UTC−5 | 10:24 AM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 10:53 PM Fri, Apr 13, 2012 · UTC−5 | 10:24 AM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 11:53 PM Fri, Apr 13, 2012 · UTC−4 | 11:24 AM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 11:53 PM Fri, Apr 13, 2012 · UTC−4 | 11:24 AM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 10:53 PM Fri, Apr 13, 2012 · UTC−5 | 11:24 AM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 10:53 PM Fri, Apr 13, 2012 · UTC−5 | 11:24 AM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 11:23 PM Fri, Apr 13, 2012 · UTC−4:30 | 11:54 AM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 12:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC−3 | 1:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 12:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC−3 | 1:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 12:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC−3 | 1:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 3:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC | 4:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 4:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+1 | 4:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 4:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+1 | 5:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 5:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+2 | 5:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 5:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+2 | 5:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 5:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+2 | 6:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 5:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+2 | 6:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 6:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+3 | 6:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 6:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+3 | 6:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 7:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+4 | 8:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+4 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 6:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+3 | 7:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 8:23 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+4:30 | 7:54 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 7:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+4 | 8:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 8:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+5 | 9:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 9:23 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+5:30 | 9:54 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 9:38 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+5:45 | 10:09 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 9:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+6 | 10:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 10:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+7 | 11:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 10:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+7 | 11:24 PM Sat, Mar 1, 2014 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 11:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+8 | 12:24 AM Sun, Mar 2, 2014 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 11:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+8 | 12:24 AM Sun, Mar 2, 2014 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 11:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+8 | 12:24 AM Sun, Mar 2, 2014 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 11:53 AM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+8 | 12:24 AM Sun, Mar 2, 2014 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 12:53 PM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+9 | 1:24 AM Sun, Mar 2, 2014 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 12:53 PM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+9 | 1:24 AM Sun, Mar 2, 2014 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 1:23 PM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+9:30 | 2:54 AM Sun, Mar 2, 2014 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 1:53 PM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+10 | 2:24 AM Sun, Mar 2, 2014 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 1:53 PM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+10 | 3:24 AM Sun, Mar 2, 2014 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 3:53 PM Sat, Apr 14, 2012 · UTC+12 | 5:24 AM Sun, Mar 2, 2014 · 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 2013: a year between two loops
687 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 2013 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 December 26, the day Mars first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.
Computed from the actual motion
The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2013
Gap across 2013
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 2013
Mars through the zodiac in 2013
Every sign Mars occupies during 2013, 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 2013. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.
2013 at a glance
Every other retrograde in 2013
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 2013: None — Next Starts Mar 1, 2014.” Accessed October 30, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/2013/
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