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Mars retrograde 2019

There was no Mars retrograde in 2019: the planet stayed direct all year — the previous retrograde ended on August 27, 2018 in Capricorn, and the next began on September 9, 2020 in Aries.

Retrograde in 2019
None direct all year
Previous direct station
Aug 27, 2018 2:05 PM UTC
Next retrograde station
Sep 9, 2020 10:22 PM UTC
Gap between loops
744 days
Mars Retrograde 2019: None — Next Starts Sep 9, 2020

Mars’s path through 2019, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2019
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2019. Mars starts 2019 at 29°55′ Pisces and ends it at 28°22′ Scorpio — 238.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 4, 0.68° forward. PiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2019. Mars starts 2019 at 29°55′ Pisces and ends it at 28°22′ Scorpio — 238.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 4, 0.68° forward. PiscesAriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 2019 at 29°55′ Pisces and ends it at 28°22′ Scorpio — 238.5° of net progress, all of it forward. Fastest day: Jan 4, 0.68° forward.

Exact times

The Mars stations either side of 2019: exact times in your city

Mars turned retrograde at 10:22 PM UTC on September 9, 2020 at 28°08′ Aries — 7:22 PM in Santiago, 6:22 PM in New York, 11:22 PM in London and 7:22 AM on September 10 in Tokyo.

City Turns direct · Aug 27, 2018 Turns retrograde · Sep 9, 2020
UTC Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · 28°36′ Capricorn Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · 28°08′ Aries
Honolulu United States 4:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−10 12:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 6:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−8 2:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 7:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−7 3:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 7:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−7 3:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−7
Denver United States 8:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−6 4:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 9:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−5 5:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 9:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−5 5:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−5
New York United States 10:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−4 6:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 10:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−4 6:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 9:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−5 5:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 9:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−5 5:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 10:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−4 6:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 11:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−3 7:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina 11:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−3 7:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 11:05 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC−3 7:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 2:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC 10:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC
London United Kingdom 3:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+1 11:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 3:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+1 11:22 PM Wed, Sep 9, 2020 · UTC+1
Paris France 4:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+2 12:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 4:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+2 12:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 4:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+2 12:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 4:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+2 12:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 5:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+3 1:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 5:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+3 1:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 5:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+3 1:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 5:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+3 1:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 6:35 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+4:30 2:52 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+4:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 6:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+4 2:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 7:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+5 3:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 7:35 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+5:30 3:52 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 7:50 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+5:45 4:07 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 8:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+6 4:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 9:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+7 5:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 9:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+7 5:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+7
Singapore 10:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+8 6:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+8
Beijing China 10:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+8 6:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 10:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+8 6:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 10:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+8 6:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 11:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+9 7:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 11:05 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+9 7:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 11:35 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2018 · UTC+9:30 7:52 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 12:05 AM Tue, Aug 28, 2018 · UTC+10 8:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 12:05 AM Tue, Aug 28, 2018 · UTC+10 8:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 2:05 AM Tue, Aug 28, 2018 · UTC+12 10:22 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2020 · 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 2019: a year between two loops

744 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 2019 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 2018 and 2020 pages.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2019

Previous

2018 Ended August 27, 2018 after 62 days, moving back 10.61° through the zodiac.

Next

2020 Begins September 9, 2020 and runs 65 days.

Gap across 2019

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 2019

Mars through the zodiac in 2019

Every sign Mars occupies during 2019, 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 1
Mars in Aries Jan 1 – Feb 14
Mars in Taurus Feb 14 – Mar 31
Mars in Gemini Mar 31 – May 16
Mars in Cancer May 16 – Jul 1
Mars in Leo Jul 1 – Aug 18
Mars in Virgo Aug 18 – Oct 4
Mars in Libra Oct 4 – Nov 19
Mars in Scorpio Nov 19 – Dec 31 and beyond

9 segments in 2019. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

2019 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2019

Uranus in Taurus Aug 7, 2018 – Jan 6, 2019 · 152 days
Mercury in Pisces Mar 5, 2019 – Mar 28, 2019 · 23 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius Apr 10, 2019 – Aug 11, 2019 · 123 days
Pluto in Capricorn Apr 24, 2019 – Oct 3, 2019 · 161 days
Saturn in Capricorn Apr 30, 2019 – Sep 18, 2019 · 141 days
Neptune in Pisces Jun 21, 2019 – Nov 27, 2019 · 159 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 7, 2019 – Aug 1, 2019 · 24 days
Uranus in Taurus Aug 12, 2019 – Jan 11, 2020 · 152 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 31, 2019 – Nov 20, 2019 · 20 days
← 2018 Mars retrograde in 2018. All Mars retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2020 → Mars retrograde in 2020.

Cite this page

AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 2019: None — Next Starts Sep 9, 2020.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/2019/

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