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Pluto retrograde 1987

Pluto retrograde 1987: 1 period, 157 days inside the year — 42.9% of 1987. Pluto turned retrograde at 4:56 PM UTC on February 11 at 9°58′ Scorpio and turned direct at 6:11 AM UTC on July 18 at 7°08′ Scorpio.

Turns retrograde
Feb 11 4:56 PM UTC
Turns direct
Jul 18 6:11 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1987
157 days 42.9% of the year
Sign
Scorpio retreats 2.83°
Pluto Retrograde 1987 Dates: Feb 11 – Jul 18

Pluto’s path through 1987, day by day

Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 1987
Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 1987. Pluto starts 1987 at 9°16′ Scorpio and ends it at 11°49′ Scorpio — 2.6° of net progress: 5.4° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.83° in 157 days, from 9°58′ Scorpio on Feb 11 back to 7°08′ Scorpio on Jul 18. Fastest day: Nov 7, 0.041° forward; fastest backward: Apr 29, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1987 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 27, 1986 – Feb 11, 1987Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 18, 1987 – Nov 4, 1987Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 30, 1987 – Feb 14, 1988Retrograde: Feb 11, 1987 – Jul 18, 19877° Scorpio8° Scorpio9° Scorpio10° Scorpio11° Scorpio12° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 11, 1987, 4:56 PM UTC, 9°58′ ScorpioR Feb 11Stations direct Jul 18, 1987, 6:11 AM UTC, 7°08′ ScorpioD Jul 18JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 1987. Pluto starts 1987 at 9°16′ Scorpio and ends it at 11°49′ Scorpio — 2.6° of net progress: 5.4° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.83° in 157 days, from 9°58′ Scorpio on Feb 11 back to 7°08′ Scorpio on Jul 18. Fastest day: Nov 7, 0.041° forward; fastest backward: Apr 29, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1987 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 27, 1986 – Feb 11, 1987Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 18, 1987 – Nov 4, 1987Pre-retrograde shadow: Oct 30, 1987 – Feb 14, 1988Retrograde: Feb 11, 1987 – Jul 18, 19877° Scorpio8° Scorpio11° Scorpio12° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 11, 1987, 4:56 PM UTC, 9°58′ ScorpioR Feb 11Stations direct Jul 18, 1987, 6:11 AM UTC, 7°08′ ScorpioD Jul 18JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Pluto starts 1987 at 9°16′ Scorpio and ends it at 11°49′ Scorpio — 2.6° of net progress: 5.4° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.83° in 157 days, from 9°58′ Scorpio on Feb 11 back to 7°08′ Scorpio on Jul 18. Fastest day: Nov 7, 0.041° forward; fastest backward: Apr 29, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1987 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Pluto retrograde 1987: exact times in your city

Pluto turned retrograde at 4:56 PM UTC on February 11, 1987 at 9°58′ Scorpio — 1:56 PM in Santiago, 11:56 AM in New York, 4:56 PM in London and 1:56 AM on February 12 in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Wed, Feb 11 · 9°58′ Scorpio Sat, Jul 18 · 7°08′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 6:56 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−10 8:11 PM Fri, Jul 17 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 7:56 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−9 10:11 PM Fri, Jul 17 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 8:56 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−8 11:11 PM Fri, Jul 17 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 9:56 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−7 11:11 PM Fri, Jul 17 · UTC−7
Denver United States 9:56 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−7 12:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 10:56 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−6 1:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 10:56 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−6 12:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC−6
New York United States 11:56 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−5 2:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 11:56 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−5 2:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 11:56 AM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−5 1:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 12:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−4 1:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 12:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−4 2:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 1:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−3 2:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 1:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−3 3:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 2:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC−2 3:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 4:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC 6:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC
London United Kingdom 4:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC 7:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 5:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+1 7:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+1
Paris France 5:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+1 8:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 5:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+1 8:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 6:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+2 8:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 6:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+2 9:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 6:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+2 9:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 6:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+2 9:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 7:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+3 10:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 7:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+3 9:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 8:26 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+3:30 9:41 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 8:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+4 10:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 9:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+5 11:11 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 10:26 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+5:30 11:41 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 10:41 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+5:45 11:56 AM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 10:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+6 12:11 PM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 11:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+7 1:11 PM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 11:56 PM Wed, Feb 11 · UTC+7 1:11 PM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+7
Singapore 12:56 AM Thu, Feb 12 · UTC+8 2:11 PM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+8
Beijing China 12:56 AM Thu, Feb 12 · UTC+8 3:11 PM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+9
Manila Philippines 12:56 AM Thu, Feb 12 · UTC+8 2:11 PM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 12:56 AM Thu, Feb 12 · UTC+8 2:11 PM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 1:56 AM Thu, Feb 12 · UTC+9 4:11 PM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+10
Tokyo Japan 1:56 AM Thu, Feb 12 · UTC+9 3:11 PM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 3:26 AM Thu, Feb 12 · UTC+10:30 3:41 PM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 2:56 AM Thu, Feb 12 · UTC+10 4:11 PM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 3:56 AM Thu, Feb 12 · UTC+11 4:11 PM Sat, Jul 18 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 5:56 AM Thu, Feb 12 · UTC+13 6:11 PM Sat, Jul 18 · 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.

157 days · retreats 2.83°

February 11 → July 18, 1987 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde Feb 11, 1987, 4:56 PM UTC at 9°58′ Scorpio
Stations direct Jul 18, 1987, 6:11 AM UTC at 7°08′ Scorpio
Shadow opens Oct 27, 1986, 11:07 AM UTC (107 days before)
Shadow closes Nov 4, 1987, 3:42 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

  • Mercury in Pisces — Feb 18 to Mar 12, 1987 (22 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Sagittarius — Mar 31 to Jul 18, 1987 (109 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Sagittarius — Apr 1 to Jul 18, 1987 (108 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — Apr 10 to Jul 18, 1987 (99 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — Jun 21 to Jul 15, 1987 (24 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 1987

Previous

1986 Ended July 15, 1986 after 156 days, moving back 2.83° through the zodiac.

Next

1988 Begins February 14, 1988 and runs 157 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 1987

Pluto through the zodiac in 1987

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1987, 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.

1987 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1987

Mercury in Pisces Feb 18, 1987 – Mar 12, 1987 · 22 days
Saturn in Sagittarius Mar 31, 1987 – Aug 19, 1987 · 141 days
Uranus in Sagittarius Apr 1, 1987 – Sep 1, 1987 · 153 days
Neptune in Capricorn Apr 10, 1987 – Sep 17, 1987 · 160 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 21, 1987 – Jul 15, 1987 · 24 days
Jupiter in Aries Aug 19, 1987 – Dec 15, 1987 · 118 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 16, 1987 – Nov 6, 1987 · 21 days
← 1986 Pluto retrograde in 1986. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1988 → Pluto retrograde in 1988.

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