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Neptune retrograde 1960

Neptune retrograde 1960: 1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.5% of 1960. Neptune turned retrograde at 12:08 AM UTC on February 10 at 9°08′ Scorpio and turned direct at 6:56 AM UTC on July 18 at 6°22′ Scorpio.

Turns retrograde
Feb 10 12:08 AM UTC
Turns direct
Jul 18 6:56 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1960
159 days 43.5% of the year
Sign
Scorpio retreats 2.77°
Neptune Retrograde 1960 Dates: Feb 10 – Jul 18

Neptune’s path through 1960, day by day

Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1960
Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1960. Neptune starts 1960 at 8°07′ Scorpio and ends it at 10°17′ Scorpio — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.77° in 159 days, from 9°08′ Scorpio on Feb 10 back to 6°21′ Scorpio on Jul 18. Fastest day: Oct 30, 0.038° forward; fastest backward: Apr 26, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 1960 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 22, 1959 – Feb 10, 1960Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 18, 1960 – Nov 8, 1960Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 23, 1960 – Feb 11, 1961Retrograde: Feb 10, 1960 – Jul 18, 19606° Scorpio7° Scorpio8° Scorpio10° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 10, 1960, 12:08 AM UTC, 9°08′ ScorpioR Feb 10Stations direct Jul 18, 1960, 6:56 AM UTC, 6°22′ ScorpioD Jul 18JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1960. Neptune starts 1960 at 8°07′ Scorpio and ends it at 10°17′ Scorpio — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.77° in 159 days, from 9°08′ Scorpio on Feb 10 back to 6°21′ Scorpio on Jul 18. Fastest day: Oct 30, 0.038° forward; fastest backward: Apr 26, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 1960 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 22, 1959 – Feb 10, 1960Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 18, 1960 – Nov 8, 1960Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 23, 1960 – Feb 11, 1961Retrograde: Feb 10, 1960 – Jul 18, 19606° Scorpio7° Scorpio10° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 10, 1960, 12:08 AM UTC, 9°08′ ScorpioR Feb 10Stations direct Jul 18, 1960, 6:56 AM UTC, 6°22′ ScorpioD Jul 18JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Neptune starts 1960 at 8°07′ Scorpio and ends it at 10°17′ Scorpio — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.77° in 159 days, from 9°08′ Scorpio on Feb 10 back to 6°21′ Scorpio on Jul 18. Fastest day: Oct 30, 0.038° forward; fastest backward: Apr 26, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 1960 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Neptune retrograde 1960: exact times in your city

Neptune turned retrograde at 12:08 AM UTC on February 10, 1960 at 9°08′ Scorpio — 8:08 PM on February 9 in Santiago, 7:08 PM on February 9 in New York, 12:08 AM in London and 9:08 AM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Wed, Feb 10 · 9°08′ Scorpio Mon, Jul 18 · 6°22′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 2:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−10 8:56 PM Sun, Jul 17 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 2:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−10 8:56 PM Sun, Jul 17 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 4:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−8 11:56 PM Sun, Jul 17 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 5:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−7 11:56 PM Sun, Jul 17 · UTC−7
Denver United States 5:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−7 11:56 PM Sun, Jul 17 · UTC−7
Chicago United States 6:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−6 1:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 6:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−6 12:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC−6
New York United States 7:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−5 2:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 7:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−5 2:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 7:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−5 1:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 7:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−5 1:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 7:38 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−4:30 2:26 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC−4:30
Santiago Chile 8:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−4 2:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 9:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−3 3:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 9:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−3 3:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 11:08 PM Tue, Feb 9 · UTC−1 6:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC
London United Kingdom 12:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC 7:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 1:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+1 7:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+1
Paris France 1:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+1 7:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 1:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+1 7:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 2:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+2 8:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 2:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+2 9:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 2:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+2 8:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 2:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+2 8:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 3:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+3 9:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 3:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+3 9:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 3:38 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+3:30 10:26 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 4:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+4 10:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 5:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+5 11:56 AM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 5:38 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+5:30 12:26 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 5:38 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+5:30 12:26 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 6:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+6 12:56 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 7:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+7 1:56 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 7:38 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+7:30 2:26 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+7:30
Singapore 7:38 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+7:30 2:26 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 8:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+8 2:56 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 8:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+8 2:56 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 8:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+8 2:56 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 8:38 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+8:30 4:26 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+9:30
Tokyo Japan 9:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+9 3:56 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 9:38 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+9:30 4:26 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 10:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+10 4:56 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 10:08 AM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+10 4:56 PM Mon, Jul 18 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 12:08 PM Wed, Feb 10 · UTC+12 6:56 PM Mon, Jul 18 · 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 10 → July 18, 1960 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde Feb 10, 1960, 12:08 AM UTC at 9°08′ Scorpio
Stations direct Jul 18, 1960, 6:56 AM UTC at 6°22′ Scorpio
Shadow opens Oct 22, 1959, 12:30 AM UTC (111 days before)
Shadow closes Nov 8, 1960, 9:47 AM 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 10 to Apr 24, 1960 (74 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Virgo — Feb 10 to May 15, 1960 (95 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Pisces — Mar 1 to Mar 24, 1960 (23 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Capricorn — Apr 20 to Jul 18, 1960 (89 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Capricorn — Apr 27 to Jul 18, 1960 (82 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — Jul 3 to Jul 18, 1960 (15 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 1960

Previous

1959 Ended July 16, 1959 after 159 days, moving back 2.77° through the zodiac.

Next

1961 Begins February 11, 1961 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 1960

Neptune through the zodiac in 1960

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1960, 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.

1960 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1960

Uranus in Leo Nov 27, 1959 – Apr 24, 1960 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 8, 1959 – May 15, 1960 · 158 days
Mercury in Pisces Mar 1, 1960 – Mar 24, 1960 · 23 days
Jupiter in Capricorn Apr 20, 1960 – Aug 20, 1960 · 122 days
Saturn in Capricorn Apr 27, 1960 – Sep 15, 1960 · 141 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 3, 1960 – Jul 27, 1960 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 27, 1960 – Nov 16, 1960 · 20 days
Mars in Cancer Nov 20, 1960 – Feb 6, 1961 · 77 days
Uranus in Leo Dec 1, 1960 – Apr 29, 1961 · 149 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 10, 1960 – May 17, 1961 · 158 days
← 1959 Neptune retrograde in 1959. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1961 → Neptune retrograde in 1961.

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AstroHot. “Neptune Retrograde 1960 Dates: Feb 10 – Jul 18.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/neptune/1960/

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