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Neptune retrograde 1968

Neptune retrograde 1968: 1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.6% of 1968. Neptune turned retrograde at 8:56 AM UTC on February 27 at 26°31′ Scorpio and turned direct at 1:17 AM UTC on August 5 at 23°45′ Scorpio.

Turns retrograde
Feb 27 8:56 AM UTC
Turns direct
Aug 5 1:17 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1968
160 days 43.6% of the year
Sign
Scorpio retreats 2.77°
Neptune Retrograde 1968 Dates: Feb 27 – Aug 5

Neptune’s path through 1968, day by day

Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1968
Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1968. Neptune starts 1968 at 25°11′ Scorpio and ends it at 27°20′ Scorpio — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.77° in 160 days, from 26°31′ Scorpio on Feb 27 back to 23°45′ Scorpio on Aug 5. Fastest day: Nov 20, 0.038° forward; fastest backward: May 14, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 1968 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 8, 1967 – Feb 27, 1968Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 5, 1968 – Nov 25, 1968Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 10, 1968 – Feb 28, 1969Retrograde: Feb 27, 1968 – Aug 5, 196823° Scorpio24° Scorpio25° Scorpio27° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 27, 1968, 8:56 AM UTC, 26°31′ ScorpioR Feb 27Stations direct Aug 5, 1968, 1:17 AM UTC, 23°45′ ScorpioD Aug 5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1968. Neptune starts 1968 at 25°11′ Scorpio and ends it at 27°20′ Scorpio — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.77° in 160 days, from 26°31′ Scorpio on Feb 27 back to 23°45′ Scorpio on Aug 5. Fastest day: Nov 20, 0.038° forward; fastest backward: May 14, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 1968 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 8, 1967 – Feb 27, 1968Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 5, 1968 – Nov 25, 1968Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 10, 1968 – Feb 28, 1969Retrograde: Feb 27, 1968 – Aug 5, 196823° Scorpio24° Scorpio27° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 27, 1968, 8:56 AM UTC, 26°31′ ScorpioR Feb 27Stations direct Aug 5, 1968, 1:17 AM UTC, 23°45′ ScorpioD Aug 5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Neptune starts 1968 at 25°11′ Scorpio and ends it at 27°20′ Scorpio — 2.2° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.77° in 160 days, from 26°31′ Scorpio on Feb 27 back to 23°45′ Scorpio on Aug 5. Fastest day: Nov 20, 0.038° forward; fastest backward: May 14, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 366 days of 1968 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Neptune retrograde 1968: exact times in your city

Neptune turned retrograde at 8:56 AM UTC on February 27, 1968 at 26°31′ Scorpio — 4:56 AM in Santiago, 3:56 AM in New York, 9:56 AM in London and 5:56 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Tue, Feb 27 · 26°31′ Scorpio Mon, Aug 5 · 23°45′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 10:56 PM Mon, Feb 26 · UTC−10 3:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 10:56 PM Mon, Feb 26 · UTC−10 3:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−10
Los Angeles United States 12:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC−8 6:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 1:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC−7 6:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−7
Denver United States 1:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC−7 7:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 2:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC−6 8:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 2:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC−6 7:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−6
New York United States 3:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC−5 9:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 3:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC−5 9:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 3:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC−5 8:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 3:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC−5 8:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 4:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC−4 9:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 4:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC−4 9:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 5:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC−3 9:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−4
São Paulo Brazil 6:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC−2 10:17 PM Sun, Aug 4 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 7:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC−1 1:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC
London United Kingdom 9:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+1 2:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 9:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+1 2:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+1
Paris France 9:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+1 2:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+1
Berlin Germany 9:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+1 2:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+1
Johannesburg South Africa 10:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+2 3:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 10:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+2 4:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 10:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+2 3:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+2
Istanbul Turkey 10:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+2 3:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+2
Moscow Russia 11:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+3 4:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 11:56 AM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+3 4:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 12:26 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+3:30 4:47 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 12:56 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+4 5:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 1:56 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+5 6:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 2:26 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+5:30 6:47 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 2:26 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+5:30 6:47 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 2:56 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+6 7:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 3:56 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+7 8:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 3:56 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+7 8:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+7
Singapore 4:26 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+7:30 8:47 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+7:30
Beijing China 4:56 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+8 9:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 4:56 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+8 9:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 4:56 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+8 9:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 5:56 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+9 10:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 5:56 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+9 10:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 6:26 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+9:30 10:47 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 6:56 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+10 11:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 6:56 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+10 11:17 AM Mon, Aug 5 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 8:56 PM Tue, Feb 27 · UTC+12 1:17 PM Mon, Aug 5 · 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.

160 days · retreats 2.77°

February 27 → August 5, 1968 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde Feb 27, 1968, 8:56 AM UTC at 26°31′ Scorpio
Stations direct Aug 5, 1968, 1:17 AM UTC at 23°45′ Scorpio
Shadow opens Nov 8, 1967, 12:41 PM UTC (111 days before)
Shadow closes Nov 25, 1968, 6:39 PM UTC (113 days after)
Full window including shadows 383 days

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Virgo — Feb 27 to Apr 21, 1968 (55 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Virgo — Feb 27 to Jun 2, 1968 (96 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Virgo — Feb 27 to May 31, 1968 (94 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — Jun 6 to Jun 30, 1968 (24 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 1968

Previous

1967 Ended August 3, 1967 after 160 days, moving back 2.77° through the zodiac.

Next

1969 Begins February 28, 1969 and runs 160 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 1968

Neptune through the zodiac in 1968

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1968, 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.

1968 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1968

Jupiter in Virgo Dec 22, 1967 – Apr 21, 1968 · 122 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 26, 1967 – May 31, 1968 · 157 days
Uranus in Virgo Jan 4, 1968 – Jun 2, 1968 · 150 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 6, 1968 – Feb 28, 1968 · 22 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 6, 1968 – Jun 30, 1968 · 24 days
Saturn in Aries Aug 7, 1968 – Dec 21, 1968 · 136 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 3, 1968 – Oct 24, 1968 · 21 days
Pluto in Virgo Dec 27, 1968 – Jun 2, 1969 · 157 days
← 1967 Neptune retrograde in 1967. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1969 → Neptune retrograde in 1969.

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