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Pluto retrograde 1985

Pluto retrograde 1985: 1 period, 156 days inside the year — 42.8% of 1985. Pluto turned retrograde at 11:58 PM UTC on February 5 at 4°45′ Scorpio and turned direct at 8:41 AM UTC on July 12 at 1°55′ Scorpio.

Turns retrograde
Feb 5 11:58 PM UTC
Turns direct
Jul 12 8:41 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1985
156 days 42.8% of the year
Sign
Scorpio retreats 2.82°
Pluto Retrograde 1985 Dates: Feb 5 – Jul 12

Pluto’s path through 1985, day by day

Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 1985
Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 1985. Pluto starts 1985 at 4°09′ Scorpio and ends it at 6°43′ Scorpio — 2.6° of net progress: 5.4° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.82° in 156 days, from 4°44′ Scorpio on Feb 5 back to 1°55′ Scorpio on Jul 12. Fastest day: Oct 28, 0.041° forward; fastest backward: Apr 22, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1985 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 21, 1984 – Feb 5, 1985Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 12, 1985 – Oct 29, 1985Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 24, 1985 – Feb 8, 1986Retrograde: Feb 5, 1985 – Jul 12, 19852° Scorpio3° Scorpio4° Scorpio5° Scorpio6° Scorpio7° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 5, 1985, 11:58 PM UTC, 4°45′ ScorpioR Feb 5Stations direct Jul 12, 1985, 8:41 AM UTC, 1°55′ ScorpioD Jul 12JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 1985. Pluto starts 1985 at 4°09′ Scorpio and ends it at 6°43′ Scorpio — 2.6° of net progress: 5.4° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.82° in 156 days, from 4°44′ Scorpio on Feb 5 back to 1°55′ Scorpio on Jul 12. Fastest day: Oct 28, 0.041° forward; fastest backward: Apr 22, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1985 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 21, 1984 – Feb 5, 1985Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 12, 1985 – Oct 29, 1985Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 24, 1985 – Feb 8, 1986Retrograde: Feb 5, 1985 – Jul 12, 19852° Scorpio3° Scorpio6° Scorpio7° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 5, 1985, 11:58 PM UTC, 4°45′ ScorpioR Feb 5Stations direct Jul 12, 1985, 8:41 AM UTC, 1°55′ ScorpioD Jul 12JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Pluto starts 1985 at 4°09′ Scorpio and ends it at 6°43′ Scorpio — 2.6° of net progress: 5.4° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.82° in 156 days, from 4°44′ Scorpio on Feb 5 back to 1°55′ Scorpio on Jul 12. Fastest day: Oct 28, 0.041° forward; fastest backward: Apr 22, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1985 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Pluto retrograde 1985: exact times in your city

Pluto turned retrograde at 11:58 PM UTC on February 5, 1985 at 4°45′ Scorpio — 8:58 PM in Santiago, 6:58 PM in New York, 11:58 PM in London and 8:58 AM on February 6 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Tue, Feb 5 · 4°45′ Scorpio Fri, Jul 12 · 1°55′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 1:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−10 10:41 PM Thu, Jul 11 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 2:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−9 12:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 3:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−8 1:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 4:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−7 1:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC−7
Denver United States 4:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−7 2:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 5:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−6 3:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 5:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−6 2:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC−6
New York United States 6:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−5 4:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 6:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−5 4:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 6:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−5 3:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 6:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−5 3:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 7:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−4 4:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 8:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−3 4:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 8:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−3 5:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 8:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC−3 5:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 11:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC 8:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC
London United Kingdom 11:58 PM Tue, Feb 5 · UTC 9:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 12:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+1 9:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+1
Paris France 12:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+1 10:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 12:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+1 10:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 1:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+2 10:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 1:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+2 11:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 1:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+2 11:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 1:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+2 11:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 2:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+3 12:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 2:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+3 11:41 AM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 3:28 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+3:30 12:11 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 3:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+4 12:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 4:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+5 1:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 5:28 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+5:30 2:11 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 5:28 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+5:30 2:11 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+5:30
Dhaka Bangladesh 5:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+6 2:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 6:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+7 3:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 6:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+7 3:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+7
Singapore 7:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+8 4:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+8
Beijing China 7:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+8 4:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 7:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+8 4:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 7:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+8 4:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 8:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+9 5:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 8:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+9 5:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 10:28 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+10:30 6:11 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 9:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+10 6:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 10:58 AM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+11 6:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 12:58 PM Wed, Feb 6 · UTC+13 8:41 PM Fri, Jul 12 · 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 5 → July 12, 1985 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde Feb 5, 1985, 11:58 PM UTC at 4°45′ Scorpio
Stations direct Jul 12, 1985, 8:41 AM UTC at 1°55′ Scorpio
Shadow opens Oct 21, 1984, 5:17 PM UTC (107 days before)
Shadow closes Oct 29, 1985, 8:12 PM UTC (109 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 — Mar 7 to Jul 12, 1985 (127 days of overlap)
  • Venus in Aries — Mar 13 to Apr 25, 1985 (42 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — Mar 22 to Jul 12, 1985 (111 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Aries — Mar 24 to Apr 17, 1985 (23 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — Apr 5 to Jul 12, 1985 (98 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aquarius — Jun 4 to Jul 12, 1985 (37 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Pluto retrogrades either side of 1985

Previous

1984 Ended July 9, 1984 after 156 days, moving back 2.82° through the zodiac.

Next

1986 Begins February 8, 1986 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 1985

Pluto through the zodiac in 1985

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1985, 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 Scorpio From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

1985 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1985

Saturn in Scorpio Mar 7, 1985 – Jul 25, 1985 · 140 days
Venus in Aries Mar 13, 1985 – Apr 25, 1985 · 42 days
Uranus in Sagittarius Mar 22, 1985 – Aug 23, 1985 · 153 days
Mercury in Aries Mar 24, 1985 – Apr 17, 1985 · 23 days
Neptune in Capricorn Apr 5, 1985 – Sep 12, 1985 · 160 days
Jupiter in Aquarius Jun 4, 1985 – Oct 3, 1985 · 120 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 28, 1985 – Aug 20, 1985 · 24 days
Mercury in Sagittarius Nov 18, 1985 – Dec 8, 1985 · 20 days
← 1984 Pluto retrograde in 1984. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1986 → Pluto retrograde in 1986.

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