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Mars retrograde 2046

Mars retrograde 2046: 1 period, 79 days inside the year — 21.5% of 2046. Mars turns retrograde at 2:11 AM UTC on March 11 at 6°13′ Scorpio and turns direct at 3:32 PM UTC on May 28 at 18°06′ Libra.

Turns retrograde
Mar 11 2:11 AM UTC
Turns direct
May 28 3:32 PM UTC
Retrograde in 2046
79 days 21.5% of the year
Sign
Scorpio retreats 18.13°
Mars Retrograde 2046 Dates: Mar 11 – May 28

Mars’s path through 2046, day by day

Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2046
Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2046. Mars starts 2046 at 16°02′ Libra and ends it at 25°08′ Aquarius — 129.1° of net progress: 147.2° forward, 18.1° given back. The loop retraces 18.13° in 79 days, from 6°13′ Scorpio on Mar 11 back to 18°06′ Libra on May 28. Fastest day: Dec 15, 0.78° forward; fastest backward: Apr 17, 0.38°. Counting the shadows, 204 days of 2046 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 5, 2046 – Mar 11, 2046Post-retrograde shadow: May 28, 2046 – Jul 28, 2046Retrograde: Mar 11, 2046 – May 28, 2046LibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusStations retrograde Mar 11, 2046, 2:11 AM UTC, 6°13′ ScorpioR Mar 11Stations direct May 28, 2046, 3:32 PM UTC, 18°06′ LibraD May 28JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Mars against the zodiac, 2046. Mars starts 2046 at 16°02′ Libra and ends it at 25°08′ Aquarius — 129.1° of net progress: 147.2° forward, 18.1° given back. The loop retraces 18.13° in 79 days, from 6°13′ Scorpio on Mar 11 back to 18°06′ Libra on May 28. Fastest day: Dec 15, 0.78° forward; fastest backward: Apr 17, 0.38°. Counting the shadows, 204 days of 2046 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 5, 2046 – Mar 11, 2046Post-retrograde shadow: May 28, 2046 – Jul 28, 2046Retrograde: Mar 11, 2046 – May 28, 2046LibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusStations retrograde Mar 11, 2046, 2:11 AM UTC, 6°13′ ScorpioR Mar 11Stations direct May 28, 2046, 3:32 PM UTC, 18°06′ LibraD May 28JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Mars starts 2046 at 16°02′ Libra and ends it at 25°08′ Aquarius — 129.1° of net progress: 147.2° forward, 18.1° given back. The loop retraces 18.13° in 79 days, from 6°13′ Scorpio on Mar 11 back to 18°06′ Libra on May 28. Fastest day: Dec 15, 0.78° forward; fastest backward: Apr 17, 0.38°. Counting the shadows, 204 days of 2046 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Mars retrograde 2046: exact times in your city

Mars turns retrograde at 2:11 AM UTC on March 11, 2046 at 6°13′ Scorpio — 11:11 PM on March 10 in Santiago, 9:11 PM on March 10 in New York, 2:11 AM in London and 11:11 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Sun, Mar 11 · 6°13′ Scorpio Mon, May 28 · 18°06′ Libra
Honolulu United States 4:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−10 5:32 AM Mon, May 28 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 5:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−9 7:32 AM Mon, May 28 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 6:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−8 8:32 AM Mon, May 28 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 7:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−7 8:32 AM Mon, May 28 · UTC−7
Denver United States 7:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−7 9:32 AM Mon, May 28 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 8:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−6 10:32 AM Mon, May 28 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 8:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−6 9:32 AM Mon, May 28 · UTC−6
New York United States 9:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−5 11:32 AM Mon, May 28 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 9:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−5 11:32 AM Mon, May 28 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 9:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−5 10:32 AM Mon, May 28 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 9:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−5 10:32 AM Mon, May 28 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 10:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−4 11:32 AM Mon, May 28 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 11:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−3 11:32 AM Mon, May 28 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 11:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−3 12:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 11:11 PM Sat, Mar 10 · UTC−3 12:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 2:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC 3:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC
London United Kingdom 2:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC 4:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 3:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+1 4:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+1
Paris France 3:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+1 5:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 3:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+1 5:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 4:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+2 5:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 4:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+2 6:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 4:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+2 6:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 5:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+3 6:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 5:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+3 6:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 5:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+3 6:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 5:41 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+3:30 7:02 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 6:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+4 7:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 7:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+5 8:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 7:41 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+5:30 9:02 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 7:56 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+5:45 9:17 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 8:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+6 9:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 9:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+7 10:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 9:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+7 10:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+7
Singapore 10:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+8 11:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+8
Beijing China 10:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+8 11:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 10:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+8 11:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 10:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+8 11:32 PM Mon, May 28 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 11:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+9 12:32 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 11:11 AM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+9 12:32 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 12:41 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+10:30 1:02 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 12:11 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+10 1:32 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 1:11 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+11 1:32 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 3:11 PM Sun, Mar 11 · UTC+13 3:32 AM Tue, May 29 · UTC+12

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.

79 days · retreats 18.13°

March 11 → May 28, 2046 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde Mar 11, 2046, 2:11 AM UTC at 6°13′ Scorpio
Stations direct May 28, 2046, 3:32 PM UTC at 18°06′ Libra
Shadow opens Jan 5, 2046, 10:00 AM UTC (65 days before)
Shadow closes Jul 28, 2046, 9:05 AM UTC (61 days after)
Full window including shadows 204 days
The March loop up close, shadow to shadow
The March loop up close, shadow to shadow. Mars crosses the 18.13° between 18°06′ Libra and 6°13′ Scorpio three times: forward in the pre-shadow (65 days), back while retrograde (79 days), forward again in the post-shadow (61 days). Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 5, 2046 – Mar 11, 2046Post-retrograde shadow: May 28, 2046 – Jul 28, 2046Retrograde: Mar 11, 2046 – May 28, 204610° Libra15° Libra20° Libra25° Libra0° Scorpio5° Scorpio10° Scorpio15° ScorpioStations retrograde Mar 11, 2046, 2:11 AM UTC, 6°13′ ScorpioR Mar 11 · 6°13′ ScorpioStations direct May 28, 2046, 3:32 PM UTC, 18°06′ LibraD May 28 · 18°06′ LibraDec 25Jan 22Feb 19Mar 19Apr 16May 14Jun 11Jul 9Source: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com The March loop up close, shadow to shadow. Mars crosses the 18.13° between 18°06′ Libra and 6°13′ Scorpio three times: forward in the pre-shadow (65 days), back while retrograde (79 days), forward again in the post-shadow (61 days). Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 5, 2046 – Mar 11, 2046Post-retrograde shadow: May 28, 2046 – Jul 28, 2046Retrograde: Mar 11, 2046 – May 28, 204610° Libra5° Scorpio15° ScorpioStations retrograde Mar 11, 2046, 2:11 AM UTC, 6°13′ ScorpioR Mar 11 · 6°13′ ScorpioStations direct May 28, 2046, 3:32 PM UTC, 18°06′ LibraD May 28 · 18°06′ LibraDec 25Feb 19Apr 16Jun 11Source: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com

Mars crosses the 18.13° between 18°06′ Libra and 6°13′ Scorpio three times: forward in the pre-shadow (65 days), back while retrograde (79 days), forward again in the post-shadow (61 days).

Mars retrograde in Scorpio

Mars retrograde in Scorpio intensifies power struggles and buried anger. Old conflicts resurface, obsessions deepen and control becomes the issue. It suits deep inner work and releasing grudges rather than launching aggressive campaigns.

…and back into Libra

Mars retrograde in Libra brings conflict in partnerships to the surface. Unspoken resentments emerge, legal disputes slow down and decisions stall under indecision. It suits renegotiating fairness rather than escalating disagreements.

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Pisces — Mar 11 to Mar 16, 2046 (5 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Virgo — Mar 11 to May 4, 2046 (55 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Sagittarius — Apr 1 to May 28, 2046 (57 days of overlap)

For the sign itself, see Scorpio and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 2046

Previous

2044 Ended April 21, 2044 after 81 days, moving back 19.3° through the zodiac.

Next

2048 Begins April 30, 2048 and runs 71 days.

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 2046

Mars through the zodiac in 2046

Every sign Mars occupies during 2046, 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.

Mars in Libra From Jan 1 – Feb 4
Mars in Scorpio Feb 4 – Apr 12
Mars in Libra Apr 12 – Jul 15
Mars in Scorpio Jul 15 – Sep 7
Mars in Sagittarius Sep 7 – Oct 20
Mars in Capricorn Oct 20 – Nov 29
Mars in Aquarius Nov 29 – Dec 31 and beyond

7 segments in 2046. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

2046 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2046

Neptune in Taurus Aug 20, 2045 – Jan 24, 2046 · 157 days
Uranus in Virgo Dec 6, 2045 – May 4, 2046 · 149 days
Venus in Capricorn Dec 12, 2045 – Jan 21, 2046 · 41 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 21, 2046 – Mar 16, 2046 · 22 days
Saturn in Sagittarius Apr 1, 2046 – Aug 20, 2046 · 141 days
Pluto in Pisces Jun 5, 2046 – Nov 16, 2046 · 164 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 24, 2046 – Jul 18, 2046 · 24 days
Jupiter in Aries Aug 8, 2046 – Dec 4, 2046 · 118 days
Neptune in Taurus Aug 22, 2046 – Jan 26, 2047 · 157 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 19, 2046 – Nov 9, 2046 · 21 days
Uranus in Virgo Dec 11, 2046 – May 9, 2047 · 149 days
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