Neptune retrograde 1989

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 1989. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

13 April → 21 September 1989 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde 13 Apr 1989, 18:31 UTC at 12.53° Capricorn
Stations direct 21 Sep 1989, 04:31 UTC at 9.75° Capricorn

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Capricorn — 13 Apr to 10 Sep 1989 (149 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Scorpio — 13 Apr to 22 Jul 1989 (100 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Capricorn — 22 Apr to 11 Sep 1989 (141 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — 12 May to 5 Jun 1989 (24 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Libra — 11 Sep to 21 Sep 1989 (9 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 1989

Previous

1988 Ended 18 September 1988 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1990 Begins 16 April 1990 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1989

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.

1989 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1989

Jupiter in Gemini 22 Nov 1988 – 20 Jan 1989 · 59 days
Mercury in Aquarius 16 Jan 1989 – 5 Feb 1989 · 21 days
Pluto in Scorpio 16 Feb 1989 – 22 Jul 1989 · 157 days
Uranus in Capricorn 9 Apr 1989 – 10 Sep 1989 · 154 days
Saturn in Capricorn 22 Apr 1989 – 11 Sep 1989 · 141 days
Mercury in Gemini 12 May 1989 – 5 Jun 1989 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra 11 Sep 1989 – 3 Oct 1989 · 22 days
Jupiter in Cancer 29 Oct 1989 – 9 Feb 1990 · 104 days
Venus in Aquarius 29 Dec 1989 – 8 Feb 1990 · 41 days
Mercury in Capricorn 30 Dec 1989 – 20 Jan 1990 · 20 days
← 1988 Neptune retrograde in 1988. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1990 → Neptune retrograde in 1990.