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Neptune retrograde 1983

Neptune retrograde 1983: 1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 1983. Neptune turned retrograde at 4:27 AM UTC on April 1 at 29°13′ Sagittarius and turned direct at 11:00 AM UTC on September 8 at 26°27′ Sagittarius.

Turns retrograde
Apr 1 4:27 AM UTC
Turns direct
Sep 8 11:00 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1983
160 days 43.9% of the year
Sign
Sagittarius retreats 2.77°
Neptune Retrograde 1983 Dates: Apr 1 – Sep 8

Neptune’s path through 1983, day by day

Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1983
Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1983. Neptune starts 1983 at 27°00′ Sagittarius and ends it at 29°07′ Sagittarius — 2.1° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.77° in 160 days, from 29°13′ Sagittarius on Apr 1 back to 26°27′ Sagittarius on Sep 8. Fastest day: Dec 18, 0.038° forward; fastest backward: Jun 18, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1983 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 11, 1982 – Apr 1, 1983Post-retrograde shadow: Sep 8, 1983 – Dec 28, 1983Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 13, 1983 – Apr 2, 1984Retrograde: Apr 1, 1983 – Sep 8, 198326° Sagittarius29° SagittariusStations retrograde Apr 1, 1983, 4:27 AM UTC, 29°13′ SagittariusR Apr 1Stations direct Sep 8, 1983, 11:00 AM UTC, 26°27′ SagittariusD Sep 8JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1983. Neptune starts 1983 at 27°00′ Sagittarius and ends it at 29°07′ Sagittarius — 2.1° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.77° in 160 days, from 29°13′ Sagittarius on Apr 1 back to 26°27′ Sagittarius on Sep 8. Fastest day: Dec 18, 0.038° forward; fastest backward: Jun 18, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1983 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 11, 1982 – Apr 1, 1983Post-retrograde shadow: Sep 8, 1983 – Dec 28, 1983Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 13, 1983 – Apr 2, 1984Retrograde: Apr 1, 1983 – Sep 8, 198326° SagittariusStations retrograde Apr 1, 1983, 4:27 AM UTC, 29°13′ SagittariusR Apr 1Stations direct Sep 8, 1983, 11:00 AM UTC, 26°27′ SagittariusD Sep 8JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Neptune starts 1983 at 27°00′ Sagittarius and ends it at 29°07′ Sagittarius — 2.1° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.77° in 160 days, from 29°13′ Sagittarius on Apr 1 back to 26°27′ Sagittarius on Sep 8. Fastest day: Dec 18, 0.038° forward; fastest backward: Jun 18, 0.027°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1983 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Neptune retrograde 1983: exact times in your city

Neptune turned retrograde at 4:27 AM UTC on April 1, 1983 at 29°13′ Sagittarius — 12:27 AM in Santiago, 11:27 PM on March 31 in New York, 5:27 AM in London and 1:27 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Fri, Apr 1 · 29°13′ Sagittarius Thu, Sep 8 · 26°27′ Sagittarius
Honolulu United States 6:27 PM Thu, Mar 31 · UTC−10 1:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 6:27 PM Thu, Mar 31 · UTC−10 2:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 8:27 PM Thu, Mar 31 · UTC−8 4:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 9:27 PM Thu, Mar 31 · UTC−7 4:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−7
Denver United States 9:27 PM Thu, Mar 31 · UTC−7 5:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 10:27 PM Thu, Mar 31 · UTC−6 6:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 10:27 PM Thu, Mar 31 · UTC−6 5:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−6
New York United States 11:27 PM Thu, Mar 31 · UTC−5 7:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 11:27 PM Thu, Mar 31 · UTC−5 7:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 11:27 PM Thu, Mar 31 · UTC−5 6:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 11:27 PM Thu, Mar 31 · UTC−5 6:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 12:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC−4 7:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 12:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC−4 7:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 1:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC−3 8:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 1:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC−3 8:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 4:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC 11:00 AM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC
London United Kingdom 5:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+1 12:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 5:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+1 12:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+1
Paris France 6:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+2 1:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 6:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+2 1:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 6:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+2 1:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 6:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+2 2:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 7:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+3 2:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 7:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+3 3:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+4
Moscow Russia 8:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+4 3:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 7:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+3 2:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 7:57 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+3:30 2:30 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 8:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+4 3:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 9:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+5 4:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 9:57 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+5:30 4:30 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 9:57 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+5:30 4:30 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 10:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+6 5:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 11:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+7 6:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 11:27 AM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+7 6:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+7
Singapore 12:27 PM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+8 7:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+8
Beijing China 12:27 PM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+8 7:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 12:27 PM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+8 7:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 12:27 PM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+8 7:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 1:27 PM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+9 8:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 1:27 PM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+9 8:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 1:57 PM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+9:30 8:30 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 2:27 PM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+10 9:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 2:27 PM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+10 9:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 4:27 PM Fri, Apr 1 · UTC+12 11:00 PM Thu, Sep 8 · 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°

April 1 → September 8, 1983 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde Apr 1, 1983, 4:27 AM UTC at 29°13′ Sagittarius
Stations direct Sep 8, 1983, 11:00 AM UTC at 26°27′ Sagittarius
Shadow opens Dec 11, 1982, 4:38 AM UTC (111 days before)
Shadow closes Dec 28, 1983, 11:05 PM UTC (112 days after)
Full window including shadows 383 days

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Sagittarius — Apr 1 to Jul 29, 1983 (119 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Scorpio — Apr 1 to Jul 1, 1983 (91 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — Apr 1 to Aug 14, 1983 (135 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Libra — Apr 1 to Jul 7, 1983 (97 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — May 1 to May 25, 1983 (24 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Virgo — Aug 3 to Sep 8, 1983 (36 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — Sep 2 to Sep 8, 1983 (6 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1983

Previous

1982 Ended September 5, 1982 after 160 days, moving back 2.77° through the zodiac.

Next

1984 Begins April 2, 1984 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 1983

Neptune through the zodiac in 1983

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1983, 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 Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

1983 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1983

Mercury in Aquarius Jan 7, 1983 – Jan 27, 1983 · 20 days
Pluto in Libra Feb 1, 1983 – Jul 7, 1983 · 156 days
Saturn in Scorpio Feb 12, 1983 – Jul 1, 1983 · 139 days
Uranus in Sagittarius Mar 14, 1983 – Aug 14, 1983 · 153 days
Jupiter in Sagittarius Mar 27, 1983 – Jul 29, 1983 · 123 days
Mercury in Taurus May 1, 1983 – May 25, 1983 · 24 days
Venus in Virgo Aug 3, 1983 – Sep 15, 1983 · 43 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 2, 1983 – Sep 24, 1983 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 22, 1983 – Jan 11, 1984 · 20 days
← 1982 Neptune retrograde in 1982. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1984 → Neptune retrograde in 1984.

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