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Neptune retrograde 1956

Neptune retrograde 1956: 1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.4% of 1956. Neptune turned retrograde at 6:32 AM UTC on February 1 at 0°25′ Scorpio and turned direct at 6:10 AM UTC on July 9 at 27°38′ Libra.

Turns retrograde
Feb 1 6:32 AM UTC
Turns direct
Jul 9 6:10 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1956
159 days 43.4% of the year
Sign
Scorpio retreats 2.78°
Neptune Retrograde 1956 Dates: Feb 1 – Jul 9

Neptune’s path through 1956, day by day

Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1956
Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1956. Neptune starts 1956 at 29°31′ Libra and ends it at 1°41′ Scorpio — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 159 days, from 0°25′ Scorpio on Feb 1 back to 27°38′ Libra on Jul 9. Fastest day: Oct 25, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Apr 18, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 1956 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 13, 1955 – Feb 1, 1956Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 9, 1956 – Oct 30, 1956Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 14, 1956 – Feb 2, 1957Retrograde: Feb 1, 1956 – Jul 9, 195627° Libra28° Libra29° Libra0° Scorpio1° Scorpio2° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 1, 1956, 6:32 AM UTC, 0°25′ ScorpioR Feb 1Stations direct Jul 9, 1956, 6:10 AM UTC, 27°38′ LibraD Jul 9JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1956. Neptune starts 1956 at 29°31′ Libra and ends it at 1°41′ Scorpio — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 159 days, from 0°25′ Scorpio on Feb 1 back to 27°38′ Libra on Jul 9. Fastest day: Oct 25, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Apr 18, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 1956 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 13, 1955 – Feb 1, 1956Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 9, 1956 – Oct 30, 1956Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 14, 1956 – Feb 2, 1957Retrograde: Feb 1, 1956 – Jul 9, 195627° Libra28° Libra29° Libra0° Scorpio1° Scorpio2° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 1, 1956, 6:32 AM UTC, 0°25′ ScorpioR Feb 1Stations direct Jul 9, 1956, 6:10 AM UTC, 27°38′ LibraD Jul 9JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Neptune starts 1956 at 29°31′ Libra and ends it at 1°41′ Scorpio — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 159 days, from 0°25′ Scorpio on Feb 1 back to 27°38′ Libra on Jul 9. Fastest day: Oct 25, 0.037° forward; fastest backward: Apr 18, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 1956 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Neptune retrograde 1956: exact times in your city

Neptune turned retrograde at 6:32 AM UTC on February 1, 1956 at 0°25′ Scorpio — 2:32 AM in Santiago, 1:32 AM in New York, 6:32 AM in London and 3:32 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Wed, Feb 1 · 0°25′ Scorpio Mon, Jul 9 · 27°38′ Libra
Honolulu United States 8:32 PM Tue, Jan 31 · UTC−10 8:10 PM Sun, Jul 8 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 8:32 PM Tue, Jan 31 · UTC−10 8:10 PM Sun, Jul 8 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 10:32 PM Tue, Jan 31 · UTC−8 11:10 PM Sun, Jul 8 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 11:32 PM Tue, Jan 31 · UTC−7 11:10 PM Sun, Jul 8 · UTC−7
Denver United States 11:32 PM Tue, Jan 31 · UTC−7 11:10 PM Sun, Jul 8 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 12:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC−6 1:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 12:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC−6 12:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC−6
New York United States 1:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC−5 2:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 1:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC−5 2:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 1:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC−5 1:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 1:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC−5 1:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 2:02 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC−4:30 1:40 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 2:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC−4 2:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 3:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC−3 3:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 3:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC−3 3:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 5:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC−1 6:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC
London United Kingdom 6:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC 7:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 7:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+1 7:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+1
Paris France 7:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+1 7:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 7:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+1 7:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 8:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+2 8:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 8:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+2 8:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 8:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+2 8:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 8:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+2 8:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 9:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+3 9:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 9:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+3 9:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 10:02 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+3:30 9:40 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 10:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+4 10:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 11:32 AM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+5 11:10 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 12:02 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+5:30 11:40 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 12:02 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+5:30 11:40 AM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 12:32 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+6 12:10 PM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 1:32 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+7 1:10 PM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 2:02 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+7:30 1:40 PM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 2:02 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+7:30 1:40 PM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 2:32 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+8 2:10 PM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 2:32 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+8 2:10 PM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 2:32 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+8 2:10 PM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 3:02 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+8:30 3:40 PM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+9:30
Tokyo Japan 3:32 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+9 3:10 PM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 4:02 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+9:30 3:40 PM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 4:32 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+10 4:10 PM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 4:32 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+10 4:10 PM Mon, Jul 9 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 6:32 PM Wed, Feb 1 · UTC+12 6:10 PM Mon, Jul 9 · 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°

February 1 → July 9, 1956 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde Feb 1, 1956, 6:32 AM UTC at 0°25′ Scorpio
Stations direct Jul 9, 1956, 6:10 AM UTC at 27°38′ Libra
Shadow opens Oct 13, 1955, 5:19 AM UTC (111 days before)
Shadow closes Oct 30, 1956, 3:14 PM UTC (113 days after)
Full window including shadows 383 days

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Aquarius — Feb 1 to Feb 8, 1956 (7 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Virgo — Feb 1 to Apr 17, 1956 (76 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Leo — Feb 1 to Apr 5, 1956 (64 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Leo — Feb 1 to May 7, 1956 (97 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Sagittarius — Mar 12 to Jul 9, 1956 (119 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — May 14 to Jun 7, 1956 (24 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Cancer — May 31 to Jul 9, 1956 (39 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1956

Previous

1955 Ended July 7, 1955 after 159 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1957 Begins February 2, 1957 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 1956

Neptune through the zodiac in 1956

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1956, 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 Scorpio From Jan 1 – Mar 12
Neptune in Libra Mar 12 – Oct 19
Neptune in Scorpio Oct 19 – Dec 31 and beyond

3 segments in 1956. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1956 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1956

Uranus in Leo Nov 8, 1955 – Apr 5, 1956 · 149 days
Pluto in Leo Dec 1, 1955 – May 7, 1956 · 159 days
Jupiter in Virgo Dec 18, 1955 – Apr 17, 1956 · 121 days
Mercury in Aquarius Jan 18, 1956 – Feb 8, 1956 · 21 days
Saturn in Sagittarius Mar 12, 1956 – Jul 30, 1956 · 141 days
Mercury in Gemini May 14, 1956 – Jun 7, 1956 · 24 days
Venus in Cancer May 31, 1956 – Jul 13, 1956 · 43 days
Mars in Pisces Aug 10, 1956 – Oct 10, 1956 · 61 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 13, 1956 – Oct 5, 1956 · 22 days
Uranus in Leo Nov 12, 1956 – Apr 10, 1957 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 2, 1956 – May 9, 1957 · 159 days
← 1955 Neptune retrograde in 1955. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1957 → Neptune retrograde in 1957.

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