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Neptune retrograde 1997

Neptune retrograde 1997: 1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.9% of 1997. Neptune turned retrograde at 11:20 PM UTC on May 1 at 29°57′ Capricorn and turned direct at 1:28 AM UTC on October 9 at 27°10′ Capricorn.

Turns retrograde
May 1 11:20 PM UTC
Turns direct
Oct 9 1:28 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1997
160 days 43.9% of the year
Sign
Capricorn retreats 2.78°
Neptune Retrograde 1997 Dates: May 1 – Oct 9

Neptune’s path through 1997, day by day

Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1997
Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1997. Neptune starts 1997 at 26°49′ Capricorn and ends it at 28°56′ Capricorn — 2.1° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 160 days, from 29°57′ Capricorn on May 1 back to 27°10′ Capricorn on Oct 9. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Jun 28, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1997 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Oct 6, 1996 – Jan 25, 1997Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 10, 1997 – May 1, 1997Post-retrograde shadow: Oct 9, 1997 – Jan 27, 1998Retrograde: May 1, 1997 – Oct 9, 199727° Capricorn29° Capricorn0° AquariusStations retrograde May 1, 1997, 11:20 PM UTC, 29°57′ CapricornR May 1Stations direct Oct 9, 1997, 1:28 AM UTC, 27°10′ CapricornD Oct 9JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Neptune against the zodiac, 1997. Neptune starts 1997 at 26°49′ Capricorn and ends it at 28°56′ Capricorn — 2.1° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 160 days, from 29°57′ Capricorn on May 1 back to 27°10′ Capricorn on Oct 9. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Jun 28, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1997 sit inside a retrograde window. Post-retrograde shadow: Oct 6, 1996 – Jan 25, 1997Pre-retrograde shadow: Jan 10, 1997 – May 1, 1997Post-retrograde shadow: Oct 9, 1997 – Jan 27, 1998Retrograde: May 1, 1997 – Oct 9, 199729° Capricorn0° AquariusStations retrograde May 1, 1997, 11:20 PM UTC, 29°57′ CapricornR May 1Stations direct Oct 9, 1997, 1:28 AM UTC, 27°10′ CapricornD Oct 9JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Neptune starts 1997 at 26°49′ Capricorn and ends it at 28°56′ Capricorn — 2.1° of net progress: 4.9° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.78° in 160 days, from 29°57′ Capricorn on May 1 back to 27°10′ Capricorn on Oct 9. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Jun 28, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1997 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Neptune retrograde 1997: exact times in your city

Neptune turned retrograde at 11:20 PM UTC on May 1, 1997 at 29°57′ Capricorn — 7:20 PM in Santiago, 7:20 PM in New York, 12:20 AM on May 2 in London and 8:20 AM on May 2 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Thu, May 1 · 29°57′ Capricorn Thu, Oct 9 · 27°10′ Capricorn
Honolulu United States 1:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−10 3:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 3:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−8 5:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 4:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−7 6:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 4:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−7 6:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−7
Denver United States 5:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−6 7:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 6:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−5 8:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 6:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−5 8:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−5
New York United States 7:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−4 9:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 7:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−4 9:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 6:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−5 8:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 6:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−5 8:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 7:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−4 9:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 7:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−4 9:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 8:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−3 10:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 8:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC−3 11:28 PM Wed, Oct 8 · UTC−2
Reykjavík Iceland 11:20 PM Thu, May 1 · UTC 1:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC
London United Kingdom 12:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+1 2:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 12:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+1 2:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+1
Paris France 1:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+2 3:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 1:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+2 3:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 1:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+2 3:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 2:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+3 3:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 2:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+3 4:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 2:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+3 4:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 3:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+4 5:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 2:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+3 4:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 3:50 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+4:30 4:58 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 3:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+4 5:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 4:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+5 6:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 4:50 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+5:30 6:58 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 5:05 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+5:45 7:13 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 5:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+6 7:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 6:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+7 8:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 6:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+7 8:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+7
Singapore 7:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+8 9:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+8
Beijing China 7:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+8 9:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 7:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+8 9:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 7:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+8 9:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 8:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+9 10:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 8:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+9 10:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 8:50 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+9:30 10:58 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 9:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+10 11:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 9:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+10 11:28 AM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 11:20 AM Fri, May 2 · UTC+12 2:28 PM Thu, Oct 9 · UTC+13

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 2.78°

May 1 → October 9, 1997 in Capricorn

Stations retrograde May 1, 1997, 11:20 PM UTC at 29°57′ Capricorn
Stations direct Oct 9, 1997, 1:28 AM UTC at 27°10′ Capricorn
Shadow opens Jan 10, 1997, 10:13 AM UTC (112 days before)
Shadow closes Jan 27, 1998, 11:57 PM UTC (111 days after)
Full window including shadows 383 days

It begins in Taurus season and ends in Libra season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mercury in Taurus — May 1 to May 8, 1997 (7 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Sagittarius — May 1 to Aug 13, 1997 (103 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Aquarius — May 13 to Oct 9, 1997 (149 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aquarius — Jun 10 to Oct 8, 1997 (120 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Aries — Aug 1 to Oct 9, 1997 (68 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Virgo — Aug 17 to Sep 10, 1997 (23 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1997

Previous

1996 Ended October 6, 1996 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1998 Begins May 4, 1998 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 1997

Neptune through the zodiac in 1997

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1997, 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 Capricorn From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

1997 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1997

Mercury in Capricorn Dec 23, 1996 – Jan 12, 1997 · 20 days
Mars in Libra Feb 6, 1997 – Apr 27, 1997 · 81 days
Pluto in Sagittarius Mar 8, 1997 – Aug 13, 1997 · 158 days
Mercury in Taurus Apr 15, 1997 – May 8, 1997 · 24 days
Uranus in Aquarius May 13, 1997 – Oct 14, 1997 · 154 days
Jupiter in Aquarius Jun 10, 1997 – Oct 8, 1997 · 120 days
Saturn in Aries Aug 1, 1997 – Dec 16, 1997 · 137 days
Mercury in Virgo Aug 17, 1997 – Sep 10, 1997 · 23 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 7, 1997 – Dec 27, 1997 · 20 days
Venus in Aquarius Dec 26, 1997 – Feb 5, 1998 · 41 days
← 1996 Neptune retrograde in 1996. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1998 → Neptune retrograde in 1998.

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AstroHot. “Neptune Retrograde 1997 Dates: May 1 – Oct 9.” Accessed October 31, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/neptune/1997/

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