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Pluto retrograde 1983

Pluto retrograde 1983: 1 period, 156 days inside the year — 42.8% of 1983. Pluto turned retrograde at 5:53 AM UTC on February 1 at 29°31′ Libra and turned direct at 11:25 AM UTC on July 7 at 26°42′ Libra.

Turns retrograde
Feb 1 5:53 AM UTC
Turns direct
Jul 7 11:25 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1983
156 days 42.8% of the year
Sign
Libra retreats 2.82°
Pluto Retrograde 1983 Dates: Feb 1 – Jul 7

Pluto’s path through 1983, day by day

Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 1983
Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 1983. Pluto starts 1983 at 28°59′ Libra and ends it at 1°33′ Scorpio — 2.6° of net progress: 5.4° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.82° in 156 days, from 29°31′ Libra on Feb 1 back to 26°42′ Libra on Jul 7. Fastest day: Oct 23, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Apr 20, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1983 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 16, 1982 – Feb 1, 1983Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 7, 1983 – Oct 25, 1983Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 19, 1983 – Feb 4, 1984Retrograde: Feb 1, 1983 – Jul 7, 198326° Libra27° Libra28° Libra29° Libra0° Scorpio1° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 1, 1983, 5:53 AM UTC, 29°31′ LibraR Feb 1Stations direct Jul 7, 1983, 11:25 AM UTC, 26°42′ LibraD Jul 7JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 1983. Pluto starts 1983 at 28°59′ Libra and ends it at 1°33′ Scorpio — 2.6° of net progress: 5.4° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.82° in 156 days, from 29°31′ Libra on Feb 1 back to 26°42′ Libra on Jul 7. Fastest day: Oct 23, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Apr 20, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1983 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 16, 1982 – Feb 1, 1983Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 7, 1983 – Oct 25, 1983Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 19, 1983 – Feb 4, 1984Retrograde: Feb 1, 1983 – Jul 7, 198326° Libra27° Libra28° Libra1° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 1, 1983, 5:53 AM UTC, 29°31′ LibraR Feb 1Stations direct Jul 7, 1983, 11:25 AM UTC, 26°42′ LibraD Jul 7JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Pluto starts 1983 at 28°59′ Libra and ends it at 1°33′ Scorpio — 2.6° of net progress: 5.4° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.82° in 156 days, from 29°31′ Libra on Feb 1 back to 26°42′ Libra on Jul 7. Fastest day: Oct 23, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: Apr 20, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1983 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Pluto retrograde 1983: exact times in your city

Pluto turned retrograde at 5:53 AM UTC on February 1, 1983 at 29°31′ Libra — 2:53 AM in Santiago, 12:53 AM in New York, 5:53 AM in London and 2:53 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Tue, Feb 1 · 29°31′ Libra Thu, Jul 7 · 26°42′ Libra
Honolulu United States 7:53 PM Mon, Jan 31 · UTC−10 1:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 7:53 PM Mon, Jan 31 · UTC−10 2:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−9
Los Angeles United States 9:53 PM Mon, Jan 31 · UTC−8 4:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 10:53 PM Mon, Jan 31 · UTC−7 4:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−7
Denver United States 10:53 PM Mon, Jan 31 · UTC−7 5:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 11:53 PM Mon, Jan 31 · UTC−6 6:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 11:53 PM Mon, Jan 31 · UTC−6 5:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−6
New York United States 12:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC−5 7:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 12:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC−5 7:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 12:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC−5 6:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 12:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC−5 6:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 1:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC−4 7:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 2:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC−3 7:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 2:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC−3 8:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 2:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC−3 8:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 5:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC 11:25 AM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC
London United Kingdom 5:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC 12:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 6:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+1 12:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+1
Paris France 6:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+1 1:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 6:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+1 1:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 7:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+2 1:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 7:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+2 1:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+2
Athens Greece 7:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+2 2:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 8:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+3 2:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 8:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+3 3:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 8:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+3 2:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 9:23 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+3:30 2:55 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 9:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+4 3:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 10:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+5 4:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 11:23 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+5:30 4:55 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 11:23 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+5:30 4:55 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 11:53 AM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+6 5:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 12:53 PM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+7 6:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 12:53 PM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+7 6:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+7
Singapore 1:53 PM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+8 7:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+8
Beijing China 1:53 PM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+8 7:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 1:53 PM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+8 7:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 1:53 PM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+8 7:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 2:53 PM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+9 8:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 2:53 PM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+9 8:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 4:23 PM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+10:30 8:55 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 3:53 PM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+10 9:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 4:53 PM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+11 9:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 6:53 PM Tue, Feb 1 · UTC+13 11:25 PM Thu, Jul 7 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Pluto station 1900–2050: median 1.1 minutes, largest 16.1 minutes. Near a station Pluto barely moves, so almanacs differ by minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

156 days · retreats 2.82°

February 1 → July 7, 1983 in Libra

Stations retrograde Feb 1, 1983, 5:53 AM UTC at 29°31′ Libra
Stations direct Jul 7, 1983, 11:25 AM UTC at 26°42′ Libra
Shadow opens Oct 16, 1982, 8:31 PM UTC (107 days before)
Shadow closes Oct 25, 1983, 3:21 AM UTC (110 days after)
Full window including shadows 373 days

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Cancer season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Saturn in Scorpio — Feb 12 to Jul 1, 1983 (139 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — Mar 14 to Jul 7, 1983 (115 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Sagittarius — Mar 27 to Jul 7, 1983 (101 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Sagittarius — Apr 1 to Jul 7, 1983 (97 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — May 1 to May 25, 1983 (24 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Pluto retrogrades either side of 1983

Previous

1982 Ended July 4, 1982 after 156 days, moving back 2.82° through the zodiac.

Next

1984 Begins February 4, 1984 and runs 156 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

Pluto through the zodiac in 1983

Every sign Pluto 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.

Pluto in Libra From Jan 1 – Nov 5
Pluto in Scorpio Nov 5 – Dec 31 and beyond

2 segments in 1983. Dates from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris.

1983 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1983

Mercury in Aquarius Jan 7, 1983 – Jan 27, 1983 · 20 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
Neptune in Sagittarius Apr 1, 1983 – Sep 8, 1983 · 160 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 Pluto retrograde in 1982. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1984 → Pluto retrograde in 1984.

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