Mars retrograde 2020

1 period, 65 days inside the year — 17.8% of 2020. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

65 days · retreats 12.9°

9 September → 13 November 2020 in Aries

Stations retrograde 9 Sep 2020, 21:31 UTC at 27.86° Aries

Stations direct 13 Nov 2020, 23:16 UTC at 14.96° Aries

Shadow opens 25 Jul 2020 (46 days before)

Shadow closes 2 Jan 2021 (50 days after)

Full window including shadows 161 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2020

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

2022 Begins 30 October 2022 and runs 74 days.

Gap across 2020

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.

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