Mars retrograde 2042

1 period, 77 days inside the year — 21% of 2042. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

81 days · retreats 19.48° · crosses the year boundary

28 December → 18 March 2042 in Leo

Stations retrograde 28 Dec 2041, 06:15 UTC at 27.06° Leo
Stations direct 18 Mar 2042, 18:34 UTC at 7.58° Leo
Shadow opens 24 Oct 2041 (65 days before)
Shadow closes 25 May 2042 (68 days after)
Full window including shadows 213 days

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2042

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2041 Ended 9 February 2042 after 44 days, moving back 11.23° through the zodiac.

Next

2044 Begins 31 January 2044 and runs 81 days.

Gap across 2042

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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