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Neptune retrograde 1959

Neptune retrograde 1959: 1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.6% of 1959. Neptune turned retrograde at 1:36 PM UTC on February 7 at 6°57′ Scorpio and turned direct at 4:52 PM UTC on July 16 at 4°11′ Scorpio.

Turns retrograde
Feb 7 1:36 PM UTC
Turns direct
Jul 16 4:52 PM UTC
Retrograde in 1959
159 days 43.6% of the year
Sign
Scorpio retreats 2.77°
Neptune Retrograde 1959 Dates: Feb 7 – Jul 16

Neptune’s path through 1959, day by day

Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1959
Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1959. Neptune starts 1959 at 5°59′ Scorpio and ends it at 8°07′ Scorpio — 2.1° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.77° in 159 days, from 6°57′ Scorpio on Feb 7 back to 4°11′ Scorpio on Jul 16. Fastest day: Nov 2, 0.038° forward; fastest backward: Apr 28, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1959 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 19, 1958 – Feb 7, 1959Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 16, 1959 – Nov 6, 1959Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 22, 1959 – Feb 10, 1960Retrograde: Feb 7, 1959 – Jul 16, 19593° Scorpio4° Scorpio5° Scorpio6° Scorpio8° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 7, 1959, 1:36 PM UTC, 6°57′ ScorpioR Feb 7Stations direct Jul 16, 1959, 4:52 PM UTC, 4°11′ ScorpioD Jul 16JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1959. Neptune starts 1959 at 5°59′ Scorpio and ends it at 8°07′ Scorpio — 2.1° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.77° in 159 days, from 6°57′ Scorpio on Feb 7 back to 4°11′ Scorpio on Jul 16. Fastest day: Nov 2, 0.038° forward; fastest backward: Apr 28, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1959 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 19, 1958 – Feb 7, 1959Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 16, 1959 – Nov 6, 1959Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 22, 1959 – Feb 10, 1960Retrograde: Feb 7, 1959 – Jul 16, 19593° Scorpio4° Scorpio5° Scorpio8° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 7, 1959, 1:36 PM UTC, 6°57′ ScorpioR Feb 7Stations direct Jul 16, 1959, 4:52 PM UTC, 4°11′ ScorpioD Jul 16JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Neptune starts 1959 at 5°59′ Scorpio and ends it at 8°07′ Scorpio — 2.1° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.77° in 159 days, from 6°57′ Scorpio on Feb 7 back to 4°11′ Scorpio on Jul 16. Fastest day: Nov 2, 0.038° forward; fastest backward: Apr 28, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1959 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Neptune retrograde 1959: exact times in your city

Neptune turned retrograde at 1:36 PM UTC on February 7, 1959 at 6°57′ Scorpio — 9:36 AM in Santiago, 8:36 AM in New York, 1:36 PM in London and 10:36 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Sat, Feb 7 · 6°57′ Scorpio Thu, Jul 16 · 4°11′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 3:36 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−10 6:52 AM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 3:36 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−10 6:52 AM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 5:36 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−8 9:52 AM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 6:36 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−7 9:52 AM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−7
Denver United States 6:36 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−7 9:52 AM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 7:36 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−6 11:52 AM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 7:36 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−6 10:52 AM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−6
New York United States 8:36 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−5 12:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 8:36 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−5 12:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 8:36 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−5 11:52 AM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 8:36 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−5 11:52 AM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 9:06 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−4:30 12:22 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 9:36 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−4 12:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 10:36 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−3 1:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 10:36 AM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−3 1:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 12:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC−1 4:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC
London United Kingdom 1:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC 5:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 2:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+1 5:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+1
Paris France 2:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+1 5:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 2:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+1 5:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 3:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+2 6:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 3:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+2 7:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 3:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+2 6:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 3:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+2 6:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 4:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+3 7:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 4:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+3 7:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 5:06 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+3:30 8:22 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 5:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+4 8:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 6:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+5 9:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 7:06 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+5:30 10:22 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 7:06 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+5:30 10:22 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 7:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+6 10:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 8:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+7 11:52 PM Thu, Jul 16 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 9:06 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+7:30 12:22 AM Fri, Jul 17 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 9:06 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+7:30 12:22 AM Fri, Jul 17 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 9:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+8 12:52 AM Fri, Jul 17 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 9:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+8 12:52 AM Fri, Jul 17 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 9:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+8 12:52 AM Fri, Jul 17 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 10:06 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+8:30 2:22 AM Fri, Jul 17 · UTC+9:30
Tokyo Japan 10:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+9 1:52 AM Fri, Jul 17 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 11:06 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+9:30 2:22 AM Fri, Jul 17 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 11:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+10 2:52 AM Fri, Jul 17 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 11:36 PM Sat, Feb 7 · UTC+10 2:52 AM Fri, Jul 17 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 1:36 AM Sun, Feb 8 · UTC+12 4:52 AM Fri, Jul 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.

159 days · retreats 2.77°

February 7 → July 16, 1959 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde Feb 7, 1959, 1:36 PM UTC at 6°57′ Scorpio
Stations direct Jul 16, 1959, 4:52 PM UTC at 4°11′ Scorpio
Shadow opens Oct 19, 1958, 2:11 PM UTC (111 days before)
Shadow closes Nov 6, 1959, 10:39 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

  • Uranus in Leo — Feb 7 to Apr 20, 1959 (72 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Virgo — Feb 7 to May 13, 1959 (95 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Sagittarius — Mar 18 to Jul 16, 1959 (120 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — Mar 19 to Apr 12, 1959 (23 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Capricorn — Apr 16 to Jul 16, 1959 (91 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 1959

Previous

1958 Ended July 14, 1958 after 159 days, moving back 2.77° through the zodiac.

Next

1960 Begins February 10, 1960 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 1959

Neptune through the zodiac in 1959

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1959, 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 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

1959 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1959

Uranus in Leo Nov 22, 1958 – Apr 20, 1959 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 6, 1958 – May 13, 1959 · 158 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius Mar 18, 1959 – Jul 20, 1959 · 123 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 19, 1959 – Apr 12, 1959 · 23 days
Saturn in Capricorn Apr 16, 1959 – Sep 5, 1959 · 141 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 22, 1959 – Aug 15, 1959 · 24 days
Venus in Virgo Aug 10, 1959 – Sep 22, 1959 · 43 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 14, 1959 – Dec 3, 1959 · 20 days
Uranus in Leo Nov 27, 1959 – Apr 24, 1960 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 8, 1959 – May 15, 1960 · 158 days
← 1958 Neptune retrograde in 1958. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1960 → Neptune retrograde in 1960.

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