Mars retrograde 2039

1 period, 38 days inside the year — 10.4% of 2039. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

78 days · retreats 18.73° · crosses the year boundary

23 November → 9 February 2040 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 23 Nov 2039, 21:13 UTC at 21.19° Cancer
Stations direct 9 Feb 2040, 10:29 UTC at 2.46° Cancer
Shadow opens 24 Sep 2039 (61 days before)
Shadow closes 15 Apr 2040 (66 days after)
Full window including shadows 204 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2039

Previous

2037 Ended 23 December 2037 after 71 days, moving back 16.14° through the zodiac.

Next

2040 Begins 23 November 2039 and runs 78 days.

Gap across 2039

1.9 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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