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Pluto retrograde 1989

Pluto retrograde 1989: 1 period, 157 days inside the year — 42.9% of 1989. Pluto turned retrograde at 9:47 AM UTC on February 16 at 15°11′ Scorpio and turned direct at 3:55 AM UTC on July 23 at 12°22′ Scorpio.

Turns retrograde
Feb 16 9:47 AM UTC
Turns direct
Jul 23 3:55 AM UTC
Retrograde in 1989
157 days 42.9% of the year
Sign
Scorpio retreats 2.82°
Pluto Retrograde 1989 Dates: Feb 16 – Jul 23

Pluto’s path through 1989, day by day

Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 1989
Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 1989. Pluto starts 1989 at 14°24′ Scorpio and ends it at 16°56′ Scorpio — 2.5° of net progress: 5.4° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.82° in 157 days, from 15°11′ Scorpio on Feb 16 back to 12°21′ Scorpio on Jul 23. Fastest day: Nov 6, 0.041° forward; fastest backward: May 3, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1989 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 1, 1988 – Feb 16, 1989Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 23, 1989 – Nov 9, 1989Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 4, 1989 – Feb 19, 1990Retrograde: Feb 16, 1989 – Jul 23, 198912° Scorpio13° Scorpio14° Scorpio15° Scorpio16° Scorpio17° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 16, 1989, 9:47 AM UTC, 15°11′ ScorpioR Feb 16Stations direct Jul 23, 1989, 3:55 AM UTC, 12°22′ ScorpioD Jul 23JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 1989. Pluto starts 1989 at 14°24′ Scorpio and ends it at 16°56′ Scorpio — 2.5° of net progress: 5.4° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.82° in 157 days, from 15°11′ Scorpio on Feb 16 back to 12°21′ Scorpio on Jul 23. Fastest day: Nov 6, 0.041° forward; fastest backward: May 3, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1989 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 1, 1988 – Feb 16, 1989Post-retrograde shadow: Jul 23, 1989 – Nov 9, 1989Pre-retrograde shadow: Nov 4, 1989 – Feb 19, 1990Retrograde: Feb 16, 1989 – Jul 23, 198912° Scorpio13° Scorpio14° Scorpio16° Scorpio17° ScorpioStations retrograde Feb 16, 1989, 9:47 AM UTC, 15°11′ ScorpioR Feb 16Stations direct Jul 23, 1989, 3:55 AM UTC, 12°22′ ScorpioD Jul 23JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: JPL orbital elements; stations NASA JPL DE440astrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Pluto starts 1989 at 14°24′ Scorpio and ends it at 16°56′ Scorpio — 2.5° of net progress: 5.4° forward, 2.8° given back. The loop retraces 2.82° in 157 days, from 15°11′ Scorpio on Feb 16 back to 12°21′ Scorpio on Jul 23. Fastest day: Nov 6, 0.041° forward; fastest backward: May 3, 0.028°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 1989 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Pluto retrograde 1989: exact times in your city

Pluto turned retrograde at 9:47 AM UTC on February 16, 1989 at 15°11′ Scorpio — 6:47 AM in Santiago, 4:47 AM in New York, 9:47 AM in London and 6:47 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Thu, Feb 16 · 15°11′ Scorpio Sun, Jul 23 · 12°22′ Scorpio
Honolulu United States 11:47 PM Wed, Feb 15 · UTC−10 5:55 PM Sat, Jul 22 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 12:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC−9 7:55 PM Sat, Jul 22 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 1:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC−8 8:55 PM Sat, Jul 22 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 2:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC−7 8:55 PM Sat, Jul 22 · UTC−7
Denver United States 2:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC−7 9:55 PM Sat, Jul 22 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 3:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC−6 10:55 PM Sat, Jul 22 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 3:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC−6 9:55 PM Sat, Jul 22 · UTC−6
New York United States 4:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC−5 11:55 PM Sat, Jul 22 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 4:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC−5 11:55 PM Sat, Jul 22 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 4:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC−5 10:55 PM Sat, Jul 22 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 4:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC−5 10:55 PM Sat, Jul 22 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 5:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC−4 11:55 PM Sat, Jul 22 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 6:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC−3 11:55 PM Sat, Jul 22 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 7:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC−2 12:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 6:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC−3 12:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 9:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC 3:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC
London United Kingdom 9:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC 4:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 10:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+1 4:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+1
Paris France 10:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+1 5:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 10:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+1 5:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 11:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+2 5:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 11:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+2 6:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 11:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+2 6:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 11:47 AM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+2 6:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 12:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+3 7:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 12:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+3 6:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 1:17 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+3:30 7:25 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 1:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+4 7:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 2:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+5 8:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 3:17 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+5:30 9:25 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 3:32 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+5:45 9:40 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 3:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+6 9:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 4:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+7 10:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 4:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+7 10:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+7
Singapore 5:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+8 11:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+8
Beijing China 5:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+8 12:55 PM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+9
Manila Philippines 5:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+8 11:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 5:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+8 11:55 AM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 6:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+9 12:55 PM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 6:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+9 12:55 PM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 8:17 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+10:30 1:25 PM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 7:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+10 1:55 PM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 8:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+11 1:55 PM Sun, Jul 23 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 10:47 PM Thu, Feb 16 · UTC+13 3:55 PM Sun, Jul 23 · 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 2.82°

February 16 → July 23, 1989 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde Feb 16, 1989, 9:47 AM UTC at 15°11′ Scorpio
Stations direct Jul 23, 1989, 3:55 AM UTC at 12°22′ Scorpio
Shadow opens Nov 1, 1988, 4:09 AM UTC (107 days before)
Shadow closes Nov 9, 1989, 11:15 AM UTC (109 days after)
Full window including shadows 373 days

It begins in Aquarius season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Uranus in Capricorn — Apr 9 to Jul 23, 1989 (105 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Capricorn — Apr 13 to Jul 23, 1989 (100 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Capricorn — Apr 22 to Jul 23, 1989 (91 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Gemini — May 12 to Jun 5, 1989 (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 1989

Previous

1988 Ended July 20, 1988 after 157 days, moving back 2.83° through the zodiac.

Next

1990 Begins February 19, 1990 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 1989

Pluto through the zodiac in 1989

Every sign Pluto occupies during 1989, 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.

1989 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1989

Jupiter in Gemini Sep 24, 1988 – Jan 20, 1989 · 118 days
Mercury in Aquarius Jan 16, 1989 – Feb 5, 1989 · 21 days
Uranus in Capricorn Apr 9, 1989 – Sep 10, 1989 · 154 days
Neptune in Capricorn Apr 13, 1989 – Sep 21, 1989 · 160 days
Saturn in Capricorn Apr 22, 1989 – Sep 11, 1989 · 141 days
Mercury in Gemini May 12, 1989 – Jun 5, 1989 · 24 days
Mercury in Libra Sep 11, 1989 – Oct 3, 1989 · 22 days
Jupiter in Cancer Oct 29, 1989 – Feb 24, 1990 · 119 days
Venus in Aquarius Dec 29, 1989 – Feb 8, 1990 · 41 days
Mercury in Capricorn Dec 30, 1989 – Jan 20, 1990 · 20 days
← 1988 Pluto retrograde in 1988. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1990 → Pluto retrograde in 1990.

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