Mars retrograde 2043
There is no Mars retrograde in 2043: the planet stays direct all year — the previous retrograde ends on March 18, 2042 in Leo, and the next begins on January 31, 2044 in Libra.
- Retrograde in 2043
- None direct all year
- Previous direct station
- Mar 18, 2042 7:51 PM UTC
- Next retrograde station
- Jan 31, 2044 11:11 PM UTC
- Gap between loops
- 684 days
Mars’s path through 2043, day by day
Mars starts 2043 at 22°04′ Capricorn and ends it at 25°46′ Virgo — 243.7° of net progress, all of it forward. The shaded stretch from Nov 26 is the pre-retrograde shadow: Mars is already crossing the degrees it will walk back over after turning on Jan 31, 2044. Fastest day: Feb 7, 0.8° forward. Counting the shadows, 35 days of 2043 sit inside a retrograde window.
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Exact times
The Mars stations either side of 2043: exact times in your city
Mars turns retrograde at 11:11 PM UTC on January 31, 2044 at 0°52′ Libra — 8:11 PM in Santiago, 6:11 PM in New York, 11:11 PM in London and 8:11 AM on February 1 in Tokyo.
| City | Turns direct · Mar 18, 2042 | Turns retrograde · Jan 31, 2044 |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · 8°10′ Leo | Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · 0°52′ Libra |
| Honolulu United States | 9:51 AM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−10 | 1:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 11:51 AM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−8 | 2:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 12:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−7 | 3:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 12:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−7 | 4:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 1:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−6 | 4:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 2:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−5 | 5:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 1:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−6 | 5:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 3:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−4 | 6:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 3:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−4 | 6:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 2:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−5 | 6:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 2:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−5 | 6:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 3:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−4 | 7:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 4:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−3 | 8:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 4:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−3 | 8:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 4:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC−3 | 8:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 7:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC | 11:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 7:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC | 11:11 PM Sun, Jan 31, 2044 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 8:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC+1 | 12:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 8:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC+1 | 12:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 8:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC+1 | 12:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 9:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC+2 | 1:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 9:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC+2 | 1:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 9:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC+2 | 1:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 10:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC+3 | 2:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 10:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC+3 | 2:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 10:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC+3 | 2:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 11:21 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC+3:30 | 2:41 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 11:51 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2042 · UTC+4 | 3:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 12:51 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+5 | 4:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 1:21 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+5:30 | 4:41 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 1:36 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+5:45 | 4:56 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 1:51 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+6 | 5:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 2:51 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+7 | 6:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 2:51 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+7 | 6:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 3:51 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+8 | 7:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 3:51 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+8 | 7:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 3:51 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+8 | 7:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 3:51 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+8 | 7:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 4:51 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+9 | 8:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 4:51 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+9 | 8:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 6:21 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+10:30 | 9:41 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 5:51 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+10 | 9:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 6:51 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+11 | 10:11 AM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 8:51 AM Wed, Mar 19, 2042 · UTC+13 | 12:11 PM Mon, Feb 1, 2044 · 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.
Mars in 2043: a year between two loops
684 days separate the end of one Mars retrograde from the start of the next, and 2043 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 run-up to the next loop starts before the year is out: the pre-retrograde shadow opens on November 26, the day Mars first reaches the degree it will later retreat to.
Computed from the actual motion
The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2043
Gap across 2043
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.
Computed for 2043
Mars through the zodiac in 2043
Every sign Mars occupies during 2043, 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.
9 segments in 2043. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.
2043 at a glance
Every other retrograde in 2043
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Mars Retrograde 2043: None — Next Starts Jan 31, 2044.” Accessed October 29, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/mars/2043/
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