Neptune retrograde 1980

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.8% of 1980. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

24 March → 31 August 1980 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 24 Mar 1980, 12:44 UTC at 22.97° Sagittarius
Stations direct 31 Aug 1980, 20:51 UTC at 20.19° Sagittarius

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Virgo — 24 Mar to 6 Apr 1980 (13 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Virgo — 24 Mar to 26 Apr 1980 (33 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Virgo — 24 Mar to 22 May 1980 (59 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Scorpio — 24 Mar to 30 Jul 1980 (128 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — 24 Mar to 28 Jun 1980 (96 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Cancer — 24 May to 6 Jul 1980 (43 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — 28 Jun to 22 Jul 1980 (24 days of overlap)

Read against Sagittarius, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1980

Previous

1979 Ended 30 August 1979 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1981 Begins 26 March 1981 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1980

1.6 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

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 1980

Neptune through the zodiac in 1980

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1980, 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 Sagittarius From 1 Jan – 31 Dec and beyond

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

1980 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1980

Jupiter in Virgo 26 Dec 1979 – 26 Apr 1980 · 122 days
Saturn in Virgo 6 Jan 1980 – 22 May 1980 · 137 days
Mars in Virgo 16 Jan 1980 – 6 Apr 1980 · 81 days
Pluto in Libra 24 Jan 1980 – 28 Jun 1980 · 156 days
Mercury in Pisces 26 Feb 1980 – 19 Mar 1980 · 23 days
Uranus in Scorpio 29 Feb 1980 – 30 Jul 1980 · 152 days
Venus in Cancer 24 May 1980 – 6 Jul 1980 · 43 days
Mercury in Cancer 28 Jun 1980 – 22 Jul 1980 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio 23 Oct 1980 – 12 Nov 1980 · 20 days
← 1979 Neptune retrograde in 1979. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1981 → Neptune retrograde in 1981.