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Mars retrograde 2017

There was no Mars retrograde in 2017: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on June 29, 2016 in Scorpio, and the next began on June 26, 2018 in Aquarius.

Retrograde in 2017
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Jun 29, 2016 11:38 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Jun 26, 2018 9:04 PM UTC
Gap between loops
727 days
Mars Retrograde 2017: None — Next Starts Jun 26, 2018

Mars’s path through 2017, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2017
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2017. Mars starts 2017 at 9°31′ Pisces and ends it at 14°10′ Scorpio — 244.7° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.76° forward. PiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2017. Mars starts 2017 at 9°31′ Pisces and ends it at 14°10′ Scorpio — 244.7° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.76° forward. PiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 2017 at 9°31′ Pisces and ends it at 14°10′ Scorpio — 244.7° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.76° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 2017: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 9:04 PM UTC on June 26, 2018 at 9°13′ Aquarius — 5:04 PM in Santiago, 5:04 PM in New York, 10:04 PM in London and 6:04 AM on June 27 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Jun 29, 2016 Turns retrograde · Jun 26, 2018
UTC Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · 23°03′ Scorpio Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · 9°13′ Aquarius
Honolulu United States 1:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−10 11:04 AM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 3:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−8 1:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 4:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−7 2:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 4:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−7 2:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−7
Denver United States 5:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−6 3:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 6:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−5 4:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 6:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−5 4:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−5
New York United States 7:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−4 5:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 7:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−4 5:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 6:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−5 4:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 6:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−5 4:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 7:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−4 5:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 7:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−4 5:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 8:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−3 6:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 8:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC−3 6:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 11:38 PM Wed, Jun 29, 2016 · UTC 9:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC
London United Kingdom 12:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+1 10:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 12:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+1 10:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC+1
Paris France 1:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+2 11:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 1:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+2 11:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 1:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+2 11:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 1:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+2 11:04 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2018 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 2:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+3 12:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 2:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+3 12:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 2:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+3 12:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 2:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+3 12:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 4:08 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+4:30 1:34 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+4:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 3:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+4 1:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 4:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+5 2:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 5:08 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+5:30 2:34 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 5:23 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+5:45 2:49 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 5:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+6 3:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 6:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+7 4:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 6:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+7 4:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+7
Singapore 7:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+8 5:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+8
Beijing China 7:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+8 5:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 7:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+8 5:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 7:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+8 5:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 8:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+9 6:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 8:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+9 6:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 9:08 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+9:30 6:34 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 9:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+10 7:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 9:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+10 7:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 11:38 AM Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · UTC+12 9:04 AM Wed, Jun 27, 2018 · 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 2017: a year between two loops

727 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 2017 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 2016 and 2018 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2017

Previous

2016 Ended June 29, 2016 after 73 days, moving back 15.84° through the zodiac.

Next

2018 Begins June 26, 2018 and runs 62 days.

Gap across 2017

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 2017

Mars through the zodiac in 2017

Every sign Mars occupies during 2017, 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 28
Mars in Aries Jan 28 – Mar 10
Mars in Taurus Mar 10 – Apr 21
Mars in Gemini Apr 21 – Jun 4
Mars in Cancer Jun 4 – Jul 20
Mars in Leo Jul 20 – Sep 5
Mars in Virgo Sep 5 – Oct 22
Mars in Libra Oct 22 – Dec 9
Mars in Scorpio Dec 9 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 2017. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

2017 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2017

Mercury in Capricorn Dec 19, 2016 – Jan 8, 2017 · 20 days
Jupiter in Libra Feb 6, 2017 – Jun 9, 2017 · 123 days
Venus in Aries Mar 4, 2017 – Apr 15, 2017 · 42 days
Saturn in Sagittarius Apr 6, 2017 – Aug 25, 2017 · 141 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 9, 2017 – May 3, 2017 · 24 days
Pluto in Capricorn Apr 20, 2017 – Sep 28, 2017 · 161 days
Neptune in Pisces Jun 16, 2017 – Nov 22, 2017 · 159 days
Uranus in Aries Aug 3, 2017 – Jan 2, 2018 · 152 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 13, 2017 – Sep 5, 2017 · 23 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Dec 3, 2017 – Dec 23, 2017 · 20 days
← 2016 Mars retrograde in 2016. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2018 → Mars retrograde in 2018.

Cite this page

AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 2017: None — Next Starts Jun 26, 2018.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/2017/

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