Neptune retrograde 1987

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 44% of 1987. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

9 April → 17 September 1987 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 9 Apr 1987, 19:28 UTC at 8.17° Capricorn
Stations direct 17 Sep 1987, 05:32 UTC at 5.39° Capricorn

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Sagittarius — 9 Apr to 19 Aug 1987 (131 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — 9 Apr to 1 Sep 1987 (145 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Scorpio — 9 Apr to 18 Jul 1987 (99 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — 21 Jun to 15 Jul 1987 (24 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Taurus — 19 Aug to 17 Sep 1987 (28 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1987

Previous

1986 Ended 14 September 1986 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1988 Begins 11 April 1988 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1987

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.

1987 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1987

Pluto in Scorpio 11 Feb 1987 – 18 Jul 1987 · 157 days
Mercury in Pisces 18 Feb 1987 – 12 Mar 1987 · 22 days
Saturn in Sagittarius 31 Mar 1987 – 19 Aug 1987 · 141 days
Uranus in Sagittarius 1 Apr 1987 – 1 Sep 1987 · 154 days
Mercury in Cancer 21 Jun 1987 – 15 Jul 1987 · 24 days
Jupiter in Taurus 19 Aug 1987 – 15 Dec 1987 · 118 days
Mercury in Scorpio 16 Oct 1987 – 6 Nov 1987 · 21 days
← 1986 Neptune retrograde in 1986. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1988 → Neptune retrograde in 1988.