Mars retrograde 2018

1 period, 62 days inside the year — 16.9% of 2018. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

62 days · retreats 10.61°

26 June → 27 August 2018 in Aquarius

Stations retrograde 26 Jun 2018, 20:13 UTC at 8.97° Aquarius

Stations direct 27 Aug 2018, 14:57 UTC at 28.36° Capricorn

Shadow opens 12 May 2018 (45 days before)

Shadow closes 8 Oct 2018 (42 days after)

Full window including shadows 149 days

Read against Aquarius, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2018

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

2020 Begins 9 September 2020 and runs 65 days.

Gap across 2018

4.2 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.

← 2017 Mars retrograde in 2017. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2019 → Mars retrograde in 2019.