Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, Oct 24, 2022 – Dec 31, 2023
RetrogradeShadowR — stations retrograde · D — stations direct
Mars starts 2023 at 9°04′ Gemini and ends it at 27°18′ Sagittarius — 198.2° of net progress: 199.2° forward, 0.9° given back. The loop retraces 17.48° in 74 days, from 25°36′ Gemini on Oct 30 back to 8°07′ Gemini on Jan 12 2023. Fastest day: Dec 19, 0.74° forward; fastest backward: Jan 1, 0.16°. Counting the shadows, 74 days of 2023 sit inside a retrograde window.
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Exact times
Mars retrograde 2023: exact times in your city
Mars turned direct at 8:56 PM UTC on January 12, 2023 at 8°07′ Gemini — 5:56 PM in Santiago, 3:56 PM in New York, 8:56 PM in London and 5:56 AM on January 13 in Tokyo.
City
Turns direct
UTC
Thu, Jan 12 · 8°07′ Gemini
Honolulu United States
10:56 AM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States
11:56 AM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States
12:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States
1:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−7
Denver United States
1:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−7
Chicago United States
2:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−6
Mexico City Mexico
2:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−6
New York United States
3:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−5
Toronto Canada
3:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−5
Bogotá Colombia
3:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−5
Lima Peru
3:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela
4:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile
5:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−3
Buenos Aires Argentina
5:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil
5:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland
8:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC
London United Kingdom
8:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC
Lagos Nigeria
9:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC+1
Paris France
9:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany
9:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa
10:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt
10:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC+2
Athens Greece
10:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey
11:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia
11:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya
11:56 PM Thu, Jan 12 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran
12:26 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates
12:56 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan
1:56 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+5
New Delhi India
2:26 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal
2:41 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh
2:56 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand
3:56 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia
3:56 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+7
Singapore
4:56 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+8
Beijing China
4:56 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines
4:56 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+8
Perth Australia
4:56 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea
5:56 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan
5:56 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia
7:26 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+10:30
Brisbane Australia
6:56 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia
7:56 AM Fri, Jan 13 · UTC+11
Auckland New Zealand
9:56 AM Fri, Jan 13 · 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.
74 days · retreats 17.48°
· crosses the year boundary
October 30, 2022 → January 12, 2023 in Gemini
Stations retrograde
Oct 30, 2022, 1:26 PM UTC at
25°36′ Gemini
Stations direct
Jan 12, 2023, 8:56 PM UTC at
8°07′ Gemini
Shadow opens
Sep 3, 2022, 11:07 PM UTC
(57 days before)
Shadow closes
Mar 16, 2023, 3:57 AM UTC
(62 days after)
Full window including shadows193 days
The October loop up close, shadow to shadow
Mars crosses the 17.48° between 8°07′ Gemini and 25°36′ Gemini three times: forward in the pre-shadow (57 days), back while retrograde (74 days), forward again in the post-shadow (62 days).
Mars retrograde in Gemini
Mars retrograde in Gemini scatters energy and sharpens arguments. Projects stall because attention is split, debates go in circles and travel plans are disrupted. It suits finishing half-done tasks and choosing which battles actually matter.
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 2023
Mars through the zodiac in 2023
Every sign Mars occupies during 2023, 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.
AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 2023 Dates: Until Jan 12.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/2023/
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