2027 Forecast

Neptune retrograde 1953

Neptune retrograde 1953: 1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.5% of 1953. Neptune turned retrograde at 12:58 AM UTC on January 25 at 23°53′ Libra and turned direct at 10:14 PM UTC on July 2 at 21°06′ Libra.

Turns retrograde
Jan 25 12:58 AM UTC
Turns direct
Jul 2 10:14 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1953
159 days 43.5% of the year
Sign
Libra retreats 2.78°
Neptune Retrograde 1953 Dates: Jan 25 – Jul 2

Neptune’s path through 1953, day by day

Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1953
Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1953. Neptune starts 1953 at 23°03′ Libra and ends it at 25°13′ Libra — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 159 days, from 23°53′ Libra on Jan 25 back to 21°06′ Libra on Jul 2. Fastest day: Oct 14, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Apr 12, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1953 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 5, 1952 – Jan 25, 1953Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 2, 1953 – Oct 24, 1953Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 8, 1953 – Jan 27, 1954Retrograde: Jan 25, 1953 – Jul 2, 195320° Libra21° Libra22° Libra23° Libra24° Libra25° LibraStations retrograde Jan 25, 1953, 12:58 AM UTC, 23°53′ LibraR Jan 25Stations direct Jul 2, 1953, 10:14 PM UTC, 21°06′ LibraD Jul 2JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1953. Neptune starts 1953 at 23°03′ Libra and ends it at 25°13′ Libra — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 159 days, from 23°53′ Libra on Jan 25 back to 21°06′ Libra on Jul 2. Fastest day: Oct 14, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Apr 12, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1953 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 5, 1952 – Jan 25, 1953Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 2, 1953 – Oct 24, 1953Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 8, 1953 – Jan 27, 1954Retrograde: Jan 25, 1953 – Jul 2, 195320° Libra21° Libra22° Libra25° LibraStations retrograde Jan 25, 1953, 12:58 AM UTC, 23°53′ LibraR Jan 25Stations direct Jul 2, 1953, 10:14 PM UTC, 21°06′ LibraD Jul 2JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Neptune starts 1953 at 23°03′ Libra and ends it at 25°13′ Libra — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 159 days, from 23°53′ Libra on Jan 25 back to 21°06′ Libra on Jul 2. Fastest day: Oct 14, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Apr 12, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1953 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Neptune retrograde 1953: exact times in your city

Neptune turned retrograde at 12:58 AM UTC on January 25, 1953 at 23°53′ Libra — 8:58 PM on January 24 in Santiago, 7:58 PM on January 24 in New York, 12:58 AM in London and 9:58 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Sun, Jan 25 · 23°53′ Libra Thu, Jul 2 · 21°06′ Libra
Honolulu United States 2:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−10 12:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 2:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−10 12:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 4:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−8 3:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 5:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−7 3:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−7
Denver United States 5:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−7 3:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 6:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−6 5:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 6:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−6 4:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−6
New York United States 7:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−5 6:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 7:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−5 6:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 7:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−5 5:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 7:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−5 5:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 8:28 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−4:30 5:44 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 8:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−4 6:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 9:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−3 7:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 10:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−2 7:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 11:58 PM Sat, Jan 24 · UTC−1 10:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC
London United Kingdom 12:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC 11:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 1:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+1 11:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC+1
Paris France 1:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+1 11:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 1:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+1 11:14 PM Thu, Jul 2 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 2:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+2 12:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 2:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+2 12:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 2:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+2 12:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 2:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+2 12:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 3:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+3 1:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 3:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+3 1:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 4:28 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+3:30 1:44 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 4:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+4 2:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 5:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+5 3:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 6:28 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+5:30 3:44 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 6:28 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+5:30 3:44 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 6:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+6 4:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 7:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+7 5:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 8:28 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+7:30 5:44 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 8:28 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+7:30 5:44 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 8:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+8 6:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 8:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+8 6:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 8:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+8 6:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 9:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+9 7:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 9:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+9 7:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 10:28 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+9:30 7:44 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 10:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+10 8:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 10:58 AM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+10 8:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 12:58 PM Sun, Jan 25 · UTC+12 10:14 AM Fri, Jul 3 · 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.

159 days · retreats 2.78°

January 25 → July 2, 1953 in Libra

Stations retrograde Jan 25, 1953, 12:58 AM UTC at 23°53′ Libra
Stations direct Jul 2, 1953, 10:14 PM UTC at 21°06′ Libra
Shadow opens Oct 5, 1952, 6:36 PM UTC (111 days before)
Shadow closes Oct 24, 1953, 10:02 AM UTC (113 days after)
Full window including shadows 384 days

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Cancer — Jan 25 to Mar 22, 1953 (57 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — Jan 25 to May 2, 1953 (98 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Libra — Feb 5 to Jun 23, 1953 (139 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — Mar 9 to Apr 1, 1953 (23 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Taurus — Mar 23 to May 4, 1953 (42 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 1953

Previous

1952 Ended June 30, 1952 after 159 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1954 Begins January 27, 1954 and runs 159 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 1953

Neptune through the zodiac in 1953

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1953, 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.

1953 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1953

Jupiter in Taurus Sep 9, 1952 – Jan 5, 1953 · 118 days
Uranus in Cancer Oct 24, 1952 – Mar 22, 1953 · 149 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 24, 1952 – May 2, 1953 · 159 days
Saturn in Libra Feb 5, 1953 – Jun 23, 1953 · 139 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 9, 1953 – Apr 1, 1953 · 23 days
Venus in Taurus Mar 23, 1953 – May 4, 1953 · 42 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 11, 1953 – Aug 4, 1953 · 24 days
Jupiter in Gemini Oct 15, 1953 – Feb 10, 1954 · 118 days
Uranus in Cancer Oct 29, 1953 – Mar 27, 1954 · 149 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 3, 1953 – Nov 23, 1953 · 20 days
Pluto in Leo Nov 26, 1953 – May 4, 1954 · 159 days
← 1952 Neptune retrograde in 1952. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1954 → Neptune retrograde in 1954.

Cite this page

AstroHot. “Neptune Retrograde 1953 Dates: Jan 25 – Jul 2.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/neptune/1953/

For Wikipedia {{cite web |title=Neptune Retrograde 1953 Dates: Jan 25 – Jul 2 |url=https://astrohot.com/retrograde/neptune/1953/ |website=AstroHot |access-date=2026-10-31}}