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Neptune retrograde 1946

Neptune retrograde 1946: 1 period, 158 days inside the year — 43.4% of 1946. Neptune turned retrograde at 1:16 AM UTC on January 10 at 8°37′ Libra and turned direct at 8:20 AM UTC on June 17 at 5°50′ Libra.

Turns retrograde
Jan 10 1:16 AM UTC
Turns direct
Jun 17 8:20 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1946
158 days 43.4% of the year
Sign
Libra retreats 2.78°
Neptune Retrograde 1946 Dates: Jan 10 – Jun 17

Neptune’s path through 1946, day by day

Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1946
Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1946. Neptune starts 1946 at 7°50′ Libra and ends it at 10°01′ Libra — 2.2° of net progress: 5° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 158 days, from 8°37′ Libra on Jan 10 back to 5°50′ Libra on Jun 17. Fastest day: Sep 30, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Mar 29, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1946 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Sep 20, 1945 – Jan 10, 1946Post-retrograde shadow: Jun 17, 1946 – Oct 9, 1946Pre-retrograde shadow: Sep 23, 1946 – Jan 12, 1947Retrograde: Jan 10, 1946 – Jun 17, 19465° Libra6° Libra7° Libra8° Libra9° Libra10° LibraStations retrograde Jan 10, 1946, 1:16 AM UTC, 8°37′ LibraR Jan 10Stations direct Jun 17, 1946, 8:20 AM UTC, 5°50′ LibraD Jun 17JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1946. Neptune starts 1946 at 7°50′ Libra and ends it at 10°01′ Libra — 2.2° of net progress: 5° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 158 days, from 8°37′ Libra on Jan 10 back to 5°50′ Libra on Jun 17. Fastest day: Sep 30, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Mar 29, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1946 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Sep 20, 1945 – Jan 10, 1946Post-retrograde shadow: Jun 17, 1946 – Oct 9, 1946Pre-retrograde shadow: Sep 23, 1946 – Jan 12, 1947Retrograde: Jan 10, 1946 – Jun 17, 19465° Libra6° Libra7° Libra8° Libra10° LibraStations retrograde Jan 10, 1946, 1:16 AM UTC, 8°37′ LibraR Jan 10Stations direct Jun 17, 1946, 8:20 AM UTC, 5°50′ LibraD Jun 17JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Neptune starts 1946 at 7°50′ Libra and ends it at 10°01′ Libra — 2.2° of net progress: 5° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 158 days, from 8°37′ Libra on Jan 10 back to 5°50′ Libra on Jun 17. Fastest day: Sep 30, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Mar 29, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1946 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Neptune retrograde 1946: exact times in your city

Neptune turned retrograde at 1:16 AM UTC on January 10, 1946 at 8°37′ Libra — 9:16 PM on January 9 in Santiago, 8:16 PM on January 9 in New York, 1:16 AM in London and 10:16 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Thu, Jan 10 · 8°37′ Libra Mon, Jun 17 · 5°50′ Libra
Honolulu United States 2:46 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−10:30 9:50 PM Sun, Jun 16 · UTC−10:30
Anchorage United States 3:16 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−10 10:20 PM Sun, Jun 16 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 5:16 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−8 12:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC−8
Phoenix United States 6:16 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−7 1:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC−7
Denver United States 6:16 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−7 1:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 7:16 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−6 3:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 7:16 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−6 2:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC−6
New York United States 8:16 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−5 4:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 8:16 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−5 4:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 8:16 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−5 3:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 8:16 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−5 3:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 8:46 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−4:30 3:50 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 9:16 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−4 4:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 10:16 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−3 4:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC−4
São Paulo Brazil 10:16 PM Wed, Jan 9 · UTC−3 5:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 12:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC−1 8:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC
London United Kingdom 1:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC 9:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 2:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+1 9:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+1
Paris France 2:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+1 9:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 2:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+1 10:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 3:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+2 10:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 3:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+2 10:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 3:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+2 10:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 3:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+2 11:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 4:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+3 11:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 4:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+3 11:20 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 4:46 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+3:30 11:50 AM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 5:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+4 12:20 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 6:46 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+5:30 1:50 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+5:30
New Delhi India 6:46 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+5:30 1:50 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 6:46 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+5:30 1:50 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 7:46 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+6:30 2:50 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+6:30
Bangkok Thailand 8:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+7 3:20 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 8:46 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+7:30 3:50 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 8:46 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+7:30 3:50 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 9:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+8 5:20 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+9
Manila Philippines 9:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+8 4:20 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 9:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+8 4:20 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 10:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+9 5:20 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 10:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+9 5:20 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 10:46 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+9:30 5:50 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 11:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+10 6:20 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 11:16 AM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+10 6:20 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 1:16 PM Thu, Jan 10 · UTC+12 8:20 PM Mon, Jun 17 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Neptune station 1900–2050: median under a minute, largest 1.8 minutes. Near a station Neptune barely moves, so almanacs differ by minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

158 days · retreats 2.78°

January 10 → June 17, 1946 in Libra

Stations retrograde Jan 10, 1946, 1:16 AM UTC at 8°37′ Libra
Stations direct Jun 17, 1946, 8:20 AM UTC at 5°50′ Libra
Shadow opens Sep 20, 1945, 4:53 PM UTC (111 days before)
Shadow closes Oct 9, 1946, 3:23 AM UTC (114 days after)
Full window including shadows 383 days

It begins in Capricorn season and ends in Gemini season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Leo — Jan 10 to Feb 21, 1946 (43 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Cancer — Jan 10 to Mar 20, 1946 (69 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Gemini — Jan 10 to Feb 20, 1946 (41 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — Jan 10 to Apr 22, 1946 (102 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Libra — Feb 11 to Jun 14, 1946 (123 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — Mar 16 to Apr 9, 1946 (23 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1946

Previous

1945 Ended June 14, 1945 after 158 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1947 Begins January 12, 1947 and runs 158 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 1946

Neptune through the zodiac in 1946

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1946, 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.

Neptune in Libra From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Neptune moves.

1946 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1946

Uranus in Gemini Sep 23, 1945 – Feb 20, 1946 · 150 days
Saturn in Cancer Nov 6, 1945 – Mar 20, 1946 · 134 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 13, 1945 – Apr 22, 1946 · 160 days
Mars in Leo Dec 4, 1945 – Feb 21, 1946 · 79 days
Jupiter in Libra Feb 11, 1946 – Jun 14, 1946 · 123 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 16, 1946 – Apr 9, 1946 · 23 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 19, 1946 – Aug 12, 1946 · 24 days
Uranus in Gemini Sep 27, 1946 – Feb 25, 1947 · 150 days
Venus in Sagittarius Oct 28, 1946 – Dec 8, 1946 · 41 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 11, 1946 – Dec 1, 1946 · 20 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 15, 1946 – Apr 23, 1947 · 160 days
Saturn in Leo Nov 20, 1946 – Apr 3, 1947 · 134 days
← 1945 Neptune retrograde in 1945. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1947 → Neptune retrograde in 1947.

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